Table 2.

Regions and countries of acquisition s and the most frequently visited countries by Plasmodium

Region Country	P. falciparum		P. vivax		P. ovale		P. malariae		Mixed infections		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Sub-Saharan Africa	138	92.6	6	17.1	8	100.0	4	80.0	5	83.3	161	79.3
Nigeria	23	15.4	0	0.0	1	12.5	2	40.0	0	0.0	26	12.8
Ghana	17	11.4	0	0.0	3	37.5	0	0.0	1	16.7	21	10.3
Kenya	10	6.7	1	2.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	5.4
Central African Republic	10	6.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	16.7	11	5.4
DR Congo	8	5.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	16.7	9	4.4
Tanzania	7	4.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	3.4
Uganda	7	4.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	20.0	0	0.0	8	3.9
Cameroon	4	2.7	0	0.0	3	37.5	0	0.0	1	16.7	8	3.9
Ethiopia	3	2.0	4	11.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	3.4
Sierra Leone	5	3.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	2.5
Gabon	4	2.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	2.0
Mali	4	2.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	2.0
Zambia	4	2.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	2.0
Southeast Asia and Oceania	4	2.7	15	42.9	0	0.0	1	20.0	1	16.7	21	10.3
Indonesia	3	2.0	5	14.3	0	0.0	1	20.0	1	16.7	10	4.9
Papua New Guinea	1	0.7	9	25.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	4.9
South Asia	2	1.3	8	22.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	4.9
India	1	0.7	6	17.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	3.4
Pakistan	1	0.7	1	2.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	1.0
Latin America	1	0.7	6	17.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	3.4
Peru	0	0.0	4	11.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	2.0
Honduras	0	0.0	2	5.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	1.0
Haiti	1	0.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.5
Other	4	2.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	2.0
Total	149	100.0	35	100.0	8	100.0	5	100.0	6	100.0	203	100.0