PMID: 30141586Dec 1, 2016Paper

Malaria Situation in the People’s Republic of China in 2015

Zhongguo ji sheng chong xue yu ji sheng chong bing za zhi = Chinese journal of parasitology & parasitic diseases
Li ZhangShui-sen Zhou

Abstract

The 2015 malaria epidemiological data reported through the annual malaria statistics reporting system were collected and analyzed. Totally 3 288 malaria cases were reported in 664 counties of 31 Provinces/Municipalities/Autonomous Regions (P/M/A) in 2015, which increased by 6.8% in comparison to that of 2014 (3 078 cases), and the incidence in 2015 was 0.024 0/10 000. The cases were reported primarily from Provinces of Yunnan (18.4%, 606/3 288), Jiangsu (12.3%, 405/3 288), Sichuan (8.8%, 290/3 288), Guangxi (7.2%, 236/3 288) and Shandong(6.4%, 212/3 288). Of all the cases, 40(1.2%, 40/3 288) were indigenous cases, mainly distributed in the border area of Yunnan (six counties), Tibet (one county), Liaoning (one county) and Hainan (one county). There was one case of whom the source of infection was unknown. The locally-infected falciparum malaria was only found in Cangyuan County of Yunnan(1 case). The prevalence of indigenous malaria in Motuo County of the Tibet Autonomous Region was over 1/10 000. Meanwhile, there were 3 248(98.8%, 3 248/3 288) abroad-imported cases which widely distributed in the 31 P/M/As. In addition, 3 265(99.3%, 3 265/3 288) of the reported cases were confirmed in reference laboratories, comprising 878 cas...Continue Reading

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