PMID: 25782257Mar 19, 2015Paper

Endemic situation of malaria in Dongtai City, 1999-2013

Zhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi = Chinese journal of schistosomiasis control
Huai-Yu Jiang, Chang-Lin Yang

Abstract

To understand the characteristics of malaria endemic situation in Dongtai City, from 1999 to 2013. The data of diagnosed malaria cases and related information of prevention and treatment were collected and analyzed with the epidemiological method. From 1999 to 2013, there were 27 malaria cases in total, and among which 2 cases were local-infected with Plasmodium vivax, 10 cases were imported P. vivax infections, 13 cases were imported P. falciparum infections, and 1 case was a mixed infections (P. falciparum, P. vivax and P. ovale). The imported cases accounted for 92.59% and local-infected cases accounted for 7.41%. There were no local-infected cases after 2003, and all the cases were overseas-imported. The main first-diagnosis points were town hospitals and village health stations, accounting for 33.33% and 33.33% respectively. Totally 62.96% of cases visited the clinic in 1 day after the attacking, the median of time-interval from the attacking to visiting the clinic was 1 day, the median of time-interval from the attacking to confirmed diagnosis was 3 days, and the max time from the attacking to confirmed diagnosis was 33 days. The malaria cases are mainly imported cases in Dongtai City from 1999 to 2013, and therefore, the...Continue Reading

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