Table 2.

Seasonal patterns and prevalence of plasmodium species in Shewa Robit, Ethiopia (n = 422).

Month	Total examined	Total confirmed N (%)	Plasmodium species			X 2	p value
			P. falciparum N (%)	P. vivax N (%)	Mixed N (%)
October	67	23 (34.3)	10 (43.5)	17 (73.9)	5 (21.7)	38.89	p < 0.001
November	57	20 (35.1)	4 (20.0)	15 (75.0)	1 (5.0)
December	33	8 (24.2)	1 (12.5)	7 (87.5)	0 (0.0)
January	50	2 (4.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (100)	0 (0.0)
February	76	10 (13.2)	0 (0.0)	10 (100)	0 (0.0)
March	71	5 (7.0)	2 (40)	3 (60)	0 (0.0)
April	68	4 (4.4)	0 (0.0)	4 (100)	0 (0.0)
Total	422	81 (19.0)	17 (21)	58 (71.6)	6 (7.4)