Progress of malaria elimination of Jiangsu Province, China

Hua-Yun ZHOU; Jun CAO; Guo-Ding ZHU; Wei-Ming WANG; Yuan-Yuan CAO; Ya-Ping GU; Ju-Lin LI; Jian-Xia TANG; Yao-Bao LIU; Sui XU; Chao ZHANG; Qi GAO

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Progress of malaria elimination of Jiangsu Province, China

VernacularTitle:江苏省消除疟疾历程
Author: Hua-Yun ZHOU ^{1
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3} ; Jun CAO ^{1
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3} ; Guo-Ding ZHU ^{1
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3} ; Wei-Ming WANG ^{1
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3} ; Yuan-Yuan CAO ^{1
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3} ; Ya-Ping GU ^{1
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3} ; Ju-Lin LI ^{1
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3} ; Jian-Xia TANG ^{1
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3} ; Yao-Bao LIU ^{1
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3} ; Sui XU ^{1
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3} ; Chao ZHANG ^{1
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3} ; Qi GAO ^{1
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Author Information

1. Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases
2. Key Laboratory of National Health Commission on Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention
3. Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Parasite Molecular Biology, Wuxi 214064, China
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Malaria; Transmission; Control; Elimination; Jiangsu Province
From: Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 2018;30(4):364-368
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: There were vivax malaria, falciparum malaria, and malariae malaria epidemic in Jiangsu Province, and vivax malaria was the dominant disease. Anopheles sinensis and An. anthropophagus were malaria-transmitted vectors. Since the founding of People’s Republic of China, there have been two major malaria outbreaks in Jiangsu Province, when the highest annual malaria incidence reached up to 24.95%. According to prevention and control principles of “adjusting measures to local conditions, giving different guidance to different categories and highlighting key points”, during the epidemic outbreak stage, the largescale malaria prevention and control measures were implemented for all the residents who were target population in Jiangsu malaria-endemic areas. During the basic eradication stage, the targeted prevention and control measures had been carried out according to the different epidemic features to gradually consolidate the achievement of prevention and control in Jiangsu Province. In the malaria elimination stage, Jiangsu Province focused on controlling of the source of infection and malaria surveillance. According to the “1-3-7 targeted elimination” work model, the management of infectious sources and investigation and disposal of foci were carried out for each epidemic focus to block the malaria transmission. By the end of 2017, there had been no indigenous malaria cases for the six consecutive years in Jiangsu Province. All the 13 cities have passed the assessment of malaria elimination of Jiangsu Province. Although Jiangsu Province has achieved the goal of malaria elimination, it is urgent and necessary to maintain and improve malaria surveillance capabilities to prevent malaria reintroduction.