Table 2.

Percentage of patients with recurrent P. vivax infections (with an interval ≥25 days between the primary infection and the first recurrence) versus total patients with recurrent infections in Nicaragua and municipalities of RACCN during the period of 2013–2018.

Number of P. vivax Infections	Nationwide (%) n = 3163 Patients	RACCN, Puerto Cabezas (%) n = 2789 Patients	RACCN, Rosita (%) n = 139 Patients
2	77.2	75.3	90.7
3	16.7	17.9	7.2
4	4	4.4	2.1
5	1.2	1.3	0.7
6	0.6	0.7	-
7	0.09	0.1	-

RACCN, North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region. The frequencies of patients with different recurrent infections between Puerto Cabezas and Rosita were different (χ² = 14.1, p = 0.006), but there was no difference between data nationwide versus data for Puerto Cabezas (χ² = 1.71, p = 0.78).