Abstract
Objective To find out high-risk population,areas of malaria and the problems in control work through analyzing malaria epidemic situation in Xiangyang City from 2007 to 2010,so as to provide reference for making scientific malaria control strategy. Methods Malaria epidemic report data and the information of malaria control measures of Xiangyang City from 2007 to 2010 were collected. Descriptive analysis was adopted to analyze the malaria epidemic situation, including the prevalent areas, seasons, population distribution and control measures. Results In Xiangyang City,2 101 cases ( including 1 imported falciparum malaria case) were reported from 2007 to 2010 (average incidence rate 9.63/100 000). Zaoyang,Laohekou and Xiangzhou were the main areas accounted for 94.20% of the total cases of the whole city. The time that the cases mainly occurred was from May to September,especially July,which had the most cases among 12 months. The group aged from 40 to 60 had the highest incidence rate. The incidence rate of male population was higher than that of female. Peasants and students were the main malaria groups,accounted for 73.22% and 11.18% of the total cases respectively. The positive rate of blood examination was 0.21% and the numbers of examined positive patients took up to 14.89% of the reported malaria cases. The treatment rate of present malaria patients and its regular treatment rate were both 100%. The numbers of treated patients during resting stage were 45 316 ,the treatment rate and regular treatment rate were 95.13% and 94.75% respectively. The people taking medicine for malaria prevention accounted for 92.17% of the total high-risk population. Conclusions The characteristic of the malaria morbidity was highly dispersed while relatively concentrated. Some townships in Zaoyang, Laohekou and Xiangzhou were highrisk areas of malaria. The peasants, especially middle-aged and old populations,were key crowd of malaria treatment and prevention. Malaria control measures for treating infectious source were well implemented. Key words: Malaria; Epidemic situation; Malaria control measure
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