Significant Decline of Malaria Incidence in Southwest of Iran (2001–2014)
Table 1
Epidemiological factors of malaria in Khuzestan province during 2001–2014.
Year
Total
API
Causative agent ()
Gender ()
Age ()
Type of transmission ()
Nationality ()
Male
Female
0–5
5–15
>15
Indigenous
Imported
Iranian
Non-Iranian
2001
161
0.04709
142
19
151
10
8
21
132
8
153
18
143
2002
91
0.02617
91
0
83
8
8
2
81
1
90
7
84
2003
62
0.01742
55
7
58
4
2
6
54
3
59
12
50
2004
69
0.01922
59
10
65
4
2
5
62
6
63
8
61
2005
25
0.00678
23
2
24
1
0
3
22
0
25
6
19
2006
25
0.00685
21
4
23
2
1
5
19
0
25
5
20
2007
33
0.00903
28
5
30
3
2
3
28
1
32
6
27
2008
44
0.01165
34
10
36
8
1
6
37
8
36
11
33
2009
12
0.00321
11
1
9
3
1
3
8
1
11
2
10
2010
6
0.00155
5
1
6
0
0
0
6
0
6
1
5
2011
3
0.00075
3
0
3
0
1
1
1
0
3
2
1
2012
5
0.00124
3
2
5
0
0
0
5
5
0
3
2
2013
5
0.00124
3
2
5
0
0
2
3
0
5
1
4
2014
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total (%)
541 (100)
478 (88.35)
63 (11.65)
498 (92.05)
43 (7.95)
26 (4.81)
57 (10.54)
458 (84.65)
33 (6.10)
508 (93.90)
82 (15.15)
459 (84.85)
API: Annual Parasite Incidence = total number of positive slides for parasite in a year × 1000/total population. .v: Plasmodium vivax. .f: Plasmodium falciparum.
