Epidemiological analysis of malaria prevalence in Jiangsu Province in 2013
- VernacularTitle:2013年江苏省疟疾疫情流行病学分析
- Author:
Huayun ZHOU
;
Weiming WANG
;
Yaobao LIU
;
Yuanyuan CAO
;
Yaping GU
;
Jianxia TANG
;
Jun CAO
;
Qi GAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Malaria;
Epidemiology;
Surveillance;
Imported case;
Jiangsu Province
- From:
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
2014;(5):514-516,521
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand the malaria epidemic situation and characteristics in Jiangsu Province in 2013,so as to provide the evidence for formulating and adjusting effective malaria elimination strategies and measures. Methods The re-ported malaria cases from the Internet Reporting System and the epidemiological data of malaria in Jiangsu Province were collect-ed and analyzed. Results A total of 341 malaria cases were reported in Jiangsu Province in 2013 with the incidence of 0.050/10 000,which increased by 72.22% compared with that in 2012(198 cases). All the cases were imported from other countries including one infected by blood transfusion resulted from imported infection. The cases were mainly distributed in Li-anyungang City(15.84%,54 cases),Nantong City(14.08%,48 cases),Yangzhou City(14.08%,48 cases),Huaian City (11.44%,39 cases)and Yancheng City(8.50%,29 cases). All the cases were confirmed in Jiangsu Provincial Reference Labo-ratory and there were 286 cases of Plasmodium falciparum,8 cases of P. vivax,9 cases of P. malariae,30 cases of P. ovale and 8 cases of mixed infections. Conclusions There were no local malaria cases reported from Jiangsu Province in the last two years which reflected effective achievements of malaria elimination. However,the situation of imported malaria is more serious and the species of infected plasmodium are more diverse. Imported malaria from other countries remains the key of malaria con-trol in Jiangsu Province.
