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Table 2 Geographical distribution by type of case and distribution of malaria species and severe malaria by type of case

From: Imported malaria in Spain (2009–2016): results from the +REDIVI Collaborative Network

 

Immigrants

VFR-immigrants

VFR-travellers

Travellers

N = 176

N = 447

N = 46

N = 181

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Subsaharan Africa

168

95.5

433

96.9

45

97.8

163

90.0

 P. falciparum

140

83.3

380

87.8

39

86.7

123

75.5

 P. malariae

8

4.8

5

1.2

1

2.2

1

0.6

 P. ovale

4

2.4

7

1.6

2

4.4

14

8.6

 P. vivax

2

1.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

7

4.3

 Unknown

10

6.0

29

6.7

1

2.2

14

8.6

 Mixed infection

4

2.4

12

2.8

2

4.4

4

2.5

Central and South America

2

1.1

9

2.0

0

0.0

9

5.0

 P. falciparum

0

0.0

3

33.3

0

0.0

4

44.4

 P. ovale

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

11.1

 P. vivax

2

100.0

5

55.6

0

0.0

3

33.3

 Unknown

0

0.0

1

11.1

0

0.0

1

11.1

Asia

6

3.4

5

1.1

1

2.2

9

5.0

 P. falciparum

0

0.0

2

40.0

0

0.0

2

22.2

 P. vivax

5

83.3

3

60.0

1

100.0

6

66.7

 Unknown

1

16.7

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

11.1

Severe malaria

2

1.1

6

1.3

1

2.2

10

5.5

  1. No cases were acquired in Europe, Australasia-Oceania, North Africa or North America