Table 1 Search terms

(malaria OR plasmodium)

AND

(trend OR time series OR recession OR resurgence OR temporal OR decline OR increase OR change OR changing)

AND

(incidence OR prevalence)

AND

(Africa* OR Angola OR Benin OR Botswana OR Burkina Faso OR Burundi OR Cameroon OR Central African Republic OR Chad OR Congo* OR Cote d’Ivoire OR Equatorial Guinea OR Eritrea OR Ethiopia OR Gabon OR Gambia* OR Ghana OR Guinea* OR Kenya OR Liberia OR Madagascar OR Malawi OR Mali OR Mauritania OR Mauritius OR Mozambique OR Namibia OR Niger OR Nigeria OR Rwanda OR Senegal OR Sierra Leone OR Somalia OR Sudan OR Tanzania OR Togo OR Uganda OR Zambia OR Zimbabwe)

AND

“humans”[MeSH Terms]

AND

year=“2000-2018”