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Published on: July 4, 2007
[Epidemiological characteristics of malaria in Yizheng City from 2000 to 2016]
Zhang Jin1, Lu Bin1, Zhang Zheng-Qiu1
1Yizheng Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Yizheng 211400, Jiangsu Province, China.
Objective:
To explore the epidemiological characteristics of malaria in Yizheng City, so as to provide a reference for formulating the control strategy in the future.
Methods:
The data of malaria case reports and prevention and control work in Yizheng City were collected and retrospectively analyzed.
Results:
Totally 55 malaria cases were found in Yizheng City from 2000 to 2016 with an average incidence of 0.56/105. The malaria cases were local cases from 2000 to 2010 and since 2011 they were all imported cases.
Conclusions:
The endemic situation of malarial in Yizheng City is stable and no local infection cases occur in this place for six consecutive years. The imported cases should be paid more attention to in the future control work.
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