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Table 4 Annual and monthly variation of malaria and parasitaemia in the BHD from 2011 to 2013

From: The impact of mass distribution of long lasting insecticide-treated bed-nets on the malaria parasite burden in the Buea Health District in South-West Cameroon: a hospital based chart review of patient’s laboratory records

Year

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Total n.%

2011

 Total tested

465

351

363

526

507

463

447

368

521

547

548

577

5674

 Positive (%)

70 (15.4)

65 (18.5)

90 (24.8)

122 (23.2)

61 (12.0)

76 (16.4)

80 (17.9)

76 (20.7)

67 (12.9)

88 (16.1)

118 (21.5)

126 (21.8)

1039 (18.3)

 95% CI

[12.2, 19.1]

[14.7, 23.1]

[20.5, 29.6]

[19.7, 27.1]

[9.5, 15.3]

[13.2, 20.2]

[14.5, 21.8]

[16.7, 25.2]

[10.2, 16.1]

[13.2, 19.5,]

[18.2, 25.3]

[18.6, 25.5]

[17.3–19.3]

 Mean parasitaemia (T/µl) ± STD

1358.7

6358.2

2021.4

3466.9

467.5

2027.3

1987.4

2662.2

2600.5

2562.2

4885.8

1956.4

2645.2 ± 25,240.0

2012

 Total Tested

479

307

458

414

474

428

495

471

455

479

526

329

5415

 Positive (%)

68 (14.2)

57 (18.6)

62 (13.5)

59 (14.3)

75 (15.8)

79 (18.5)

91 (18.4)

63 (13.4)

71 (15.6)

110 (19.0)

125 (23.8)

60 (18.2)

920 (17.0)

 95% CI

[11.3, 17.7]

[14.7, 23.1]

[10.6, 17.1]

[11.1, 18.1]

[12.7, 19.5]

[15.0, 22.5]

[15.1, 22.1]

[10.5, 16.9]

[12.5, 19.3]

[15.9, 22.5]

[20.2, 27.7]

[14.3, 22.9]

[16.0–18.0]

 Mean parasitaemia (T/µl) ± STD

1352.5

1423.3

1093.7

1650

1758.8

4965.7

1763

1054.4

2779.6

2391.4

3183.6

3957.4

2257.2 ± 18,118.7

2013

 Total tested

513

450

428

574

657

476

449

419

561

602

574

470

6175

 Positive (%)

138 (26.9)

96 (21.3)

99 (23.1)

141 (24.6)

211 (32.1)

109 (22.9)

131 (29.2)

116 (27.7)

161 (28.7)

143 (23.7)

133 (23.2)

108 (23.0)

1586 (25.7)

 95% CI

[23.2, 31.0]

[17.7, 25.5]

[19.3, 27.5]

[21.1, 28.3]

[28.6, 35.9]

[19.3, 27.0]

[25.1, 33.7]

[23.5, 32.3]

[25.0, 32.7]

[20.4, 27.3]

[19.8, 26.9]

[19.3, 27.1]

[24.6–26.8]

 Mean parasitaemia (T/µl) ± STD

4593.2

3027.4

3435.7

4258.4

3919.7

2318.6

2358

3879

3561.5

1480.9

3149.4

2725

3235.2 ± 25,441.2