Analysis of epidemiological characteristics of imported malaria cases in Chongqing Municipality in 2015

Zhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi = Chinese journal of schistosomiasis control
Tan YanXu Jing-Ru

Abstract

To analyze the laboratory diagnosis results and epidemiological characteristics of imported malaria cases in Chongqing Municipality in 2015. According to the Standard Operating Procedures of Malaria Diagnosis Reference Laboratory Manual, all the blood samples collected from the imported malaria patients were detected by microscopy, RDT and nest PCR. Meanwhile, the epidemiological data of the malaria cases were collected from the Parasitic Diseases Information Management System and analyzed. Totally 31 cases of imported malaria were reported in Chonqing Municipality in 2015, among which, there were 2 vivax malaria cases (6.45%), 23 falciparum malaria cases (74.19%), 5 ovale malaria cases (16.13%), 1 malariae malaria case (3.22%). For the 5 ovale cases, three of them were confirmed asPlasmodium ovalewallikeri infection. Among all the cases, 30 cases (96.77%) were from African countries, 1(3.33%) was from Southeast Asia. Thirty patients were male, and 1 was female. All the patients were aged from 23-61 years. There was no obvious seasonality in the case distribution. Both the medians of duration from malaria attack to first visiting a doctor and from first visiting a doctor to diagnosis were 2 days. The medical care units that the...Continue Reading

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