| first published record of urban malaria in puerto gaitán, meta, colombia. | patterns of malaria cases were compared between the department of meta and the municipality of puerto gaitán, colombia, to examine temporal change in malaria from 2005-2010. during this time frame in meta the mean ratio was 2.53; in contrast, in puerto gaitán it was 1.41, meaning that a surprisingly high proportion of plasmodium falciparum cases were reported from this municipality. a detailed analysis of data from puerto gaitán for 2009 and 2010 detected a significant difference (χ2, p < 0.001) ... | 2013 | 24402157 |