ArticleBMC research notes2026
The persistent threat of malaria in Bishoftu Town: twelve-year trends and their implications for Addis Ababa.
Article in BMC research notes, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Bishoftu town, located about 40 km from the largely malaria-free Addis Ababa, remains malaria-endemic. Factors that possibly heighten exposure risk include abundant water bodies, increased visitors during events such as the Irreechaa festival, climate change, and changing land-use around the town. Frequent travel and strong interconnections raise concerns about spillover to Addis Ababa via infected people or mosquitoes. The potential spread of the invasive urban vector Anopheles stephensi is an additional concern, although there is currently little evidence of its introduction in Bishoftu. Future surges in transmission could be facilitated by infrastructure projects most particularly the construction of a major new airport in Bishoftu that will increase visitor traffic. Analysis of 252,610 blood films from the Bishoftu Town Health Office (January 2011 - December 2022) revealed 5,696(2.3%) malaria cases, with Plasmodium vivax at 63.8% and P. falciparum at 31.0%. The highest incidence (804 cases) occurred in 2017, with individuals > 14 constituting 66.3% of cases. Findings indicate persistent malaria with a fluctuating trend, highlighting the need for aggressive surveillance and targeted control measures to combat malaria in Bishoftu and prevent its spread to Addis, considering demographic shifts, increased mobility, and the development of recreational water pools associated with development projects.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.