A declining pattern of malaria prevalence in Asendabo Health Center Jimma zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Abdurazak Jemal and
Tsige KetemaEmail author

BMC Research Notes201912:290

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4329-6

Received: 3 December 2018
Accepted: 22 May 2019
Published: 27 May 2019

Abstract

Objective

To assess the status of malaria prevalence in one of the malaria endemic areas of Ethiopia.

Results

A 10-year report of malaria cases were obtained from Asendabo Health Center, Jimma zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Following a retrospective study design, data of 68, 421 febrile patients diagnosed and treated in the health center were included in the study. The year with the highest prevalence rate (34.9%) was 2010, whereas the lowest was 2016 (0.62%). The number of diagnosed malaria cases from September to November were significantly higher (P = 0.023, n = 6336, 46.5%) than in other months. Plasmodium falciparum (52.1%, n = 7087) and Plasmodium vivax (44.2%, n = 6009) were the two principal plasmodium species accountable for malaria infections in the study area. The current study is a supportive evidence for the reduction of malaria prevalence in malaria endemic areas of Ethiopia.