Geographical location of sample collection site (Orakzai Agency: black area) in FATA, Pakistan.

<p>FATA (gray): Federally Administered Tribal Areas, KPK: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, AK: Azad Kashmir.</p

Graphical summary of attributable fractions of malarial infections caused by <i>P</i>. <i>vivax</i> (A) and <i>P</i>. <i>falciparum</i> (B) in different age groups of malarial patients.

<p>Data are presented as histograms (left panel with curve showing the pattern of <i>Plasmodium</i> infection incidence in different age groups), and box and whisker plots (right panel) showing median (□), lower quartile, upper quartile, outliers (○), and extreme score (*) of their respective sample distributions.</p

Microscopic and nPCR-based diagnosis of <i>Plasmodium</i> infections in clinical isolates showing different number of patients infected by <i>P</i>. <i>vivax</i>, <i>P</i>. <i>falciparum</i>, and mixed species (double infections with <i>P</i>. <i>falciparum</i> and <i>P</i>. <i>vivax</i>).

<p><i>P</i>. <i>vivax</i> was found to be the most prevalent species.</p