The prevalence of Plasmodium in parts of North Central of Nigeria was carried out in selected hospitals in Benue, Nasarawa, Niger states and FCT. A total of 1000 samples were analysed out of which 545 (54.50%) were from females and 455 (45.50%) were from males. A total of 241 patients were positive using microscopy giving a prevalence rate of 24.10% across the states with 95% confidence interval of 27.10 to 33.70%. The prevalence rate for the states are as follows, Nasarawa 91(36.40%), Niger 81(32.40%), Benue 52 (20.80%) and FCT 17 (6.80%). Males recorded 24.60% prevalence and was slightly higher than females (23.4%). The most abundant Plasmodium species encountered in the study was P. falci
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