Abstract
To investigate the epidemiological characteristics of imported malaria in Hailing District, Taizhou City, so as to provide the evidence for formulating the effective prevention and control strategy. The network reports, questionnaires and epidemic reports of imported malaria cases in Hailing District from 2010 to 2015 were collected and analyzed retrospectively. From 2010 to 2015, totally 46 cases of imported malaria were reported, including 40 cases of falciparum malaria (86.96%), 4 cases of ovale malaria (8.70%), 1 case of quartan malaria (2.17%) and 1 case of multi-infection of falciparum malaria and tertian malaria (2.17%). No seasonal trend of time of the disease onset was observed. All the patients were return abroad with clear residence histories in malaria epidemic areas. The average time from disease onset to definite diagnosis was 2 d and 8 patients were definitely diagnosed within 24 h. All the 46 patients were cured. All the malaria cases reported were imported cases in Hailing District in the last five years. Effective prevention and control measures are the key to the malaria elimination.
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