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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infections acquired outside of the Kingdom between January 2012 and December 2015

From: The changing malaria landscape in Aseer region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: 2000–2015

 

P. vivax (including 2 mixed infections) N = 130

P. falciparum (including two mixed infections) N = 93

Nationality

Pakistani

67 (51.5%)

3 (3.2%)

Indian

26 (20.0%)

2 (2.2%)

Afghani

3 (2.3%)

0

Yemeni

4 (3.1%)

32 (34.4%)

Sudanese

21 (16.2%)

23 (24.7%)

Ethiopian

8 (6.6%)

26 (28.0%)

Kenyan

0

2 (2.2%)

Somali

0

1 (1.1%)

Saudi

1 (0.8%)a

4 (4.4%)a

Males

122 (93.9%)

86 (92.5%)

Age (years)

<5

0

1 (1.1%)

5–14

3 (2.3%)

3 (3.3%)

15+ 

127 (97.7%)

89 (95.7%)

  1. aIncludes one patient who travelled to West Africa, with no other specific details of destinations, and acquired a mixed infection