Research Article

Incidence and Trends of Leishmaniasis and Its Risk Factors in Humera, Western Tigray

Table 2

Trends of leishmaniasis in relation to season and origin.

YearSeason and originNo. of casesPercent

2012SeasonDry time24144.14
Weeding and harvesting time30555.86
Total546100
OriginLowland24845.4
Highland29854.6
Total546100

2013SeasonDry time20740.59
Weeding and harvesting time30359.41
Total510100
OriginLowland23245.5
Highland27854.5
Total510100

2014SeasonDry time28245.71
Weeding and harvesting time33554.29
Total617100
OriginLowland20132.6
Highland41667.4
Total617100

2015SeasonDry time9739.6
Weeding and harvesting time14860.4
Total245100
OriginLowland9639.2
Highland14960.8
Total245100

2016SeasonDry time8940.1
Weeding and harvesting time13359.9
Total222100
OriginLowland9944.6
Highland12355.4
Total222100

2017SeasonDry time3032.61
Weeding and harvesting time6267.39
Total92100
OriginLowland3538
Highland5762
Total92100