Epidemiological analysis of imported malaria cases in 20 counties at border region of Yunnan Province from 2012 to 2014

Zhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi = Chinese journal of schistosomiasis control
Yin Shou-QinZhou Xiao-Nong

Abstract

To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of the imported malaria cases in 20 counties at the border region of Yunnan Province from 2012 to 2014, so as to provide the evidence-based proof for adjusting the strategies in the elimination stage. The malaria epidemic data of the 20 border counties in Yunnan Province from 2012 to 2014 were collected and analyzed by using Microsoft Excel 2010. From 2012 to 2014, a total of 1 558 malaria cases were reported in the 20 border counties in Yunnan Province, among which, 1 336 were imported cases, accounting for 85.75% (1 336/1 558), and 222 were indigenous cases, accounting for 14.25% (222/1 558). The number of the imported cases in the above years took up 80.00% (544/680), 89.10% (425/477) and 91.52% (367/401) of the total reported cases in the whole year, respectively. Among all the 1 336 imported cases, 1 045 (78.22%) were infected with Plasmodium vivax, 284 (21.26%) were infected with P. falciparum, 3 were infected with P. malariae, 3 were mixed infection and 1 was an unclassified case; 2 patients died. And 95.58% of the cases were mainly infected in Myanmar (1 277 cases). Young and middle-aged adult of 20-40 years who worked overseas were the predominant (802 cases, 60.03%) and m...Continue Reading

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