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Table 2 Confirmed and treated malaria cases at Bamenda Regional Hospital between 2009 and 2013

From: Malaria over-diagnosis in Cameroon: diagnostic accuracy of Fluorescence and Staining Technologies (FAST) Malaria Stain and LED microscopy versus Giemsa and bright field microscopy validated by polymerase chain reaction

 

Number of cases

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

January

614

513

452

400

585

February

539

508

523

539

425

March

365

321

324

463

482

April

426

492

475

388

500

May

518

498

426

338

342

June

436

559

435

387

362

July

485

430

484

359

301

August

307

481

322

266

273

September

304

503

596

287

447

October

435

731

637

609

376

November

301

683

514

330

568

December

365

480

400

356

425

Total

5 095

6 199

5 588

4 722

5 086