Clinical Malaria along the China–Myanmar Border, Yunnan Province, China, January 2011–August 2012

Passive surveillance for malaria cases was conducted in Yunnan Province, China, along the China–Myanmar border. Infection with Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum protozoa accounted for 69% and 28% of the cases, respectively. Most patients were adult men. Cross-border travel into Myanmar was a key ri...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Guofa, Sun, Ling, Xia, Rongji, Duan, Yizhong, Xu, Jianwei, Yang, Henglin, Wang, Ying, Lee, Ming-chieh, Xiang, Zheng, Yan, Guiyun, Cui, Liwang, Yang, Zhaoqing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3966361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24656298
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2004.130647
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Sumario:Passive surveillance for malaria cases was conducted in Yunnan Province, China, along the China–Myanmar border. Infection with Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum protozoa accounted for 69% and 28% of the cases, respectively. Most patients were adult men. Cross-border travel into Myanmar was a key risk factor for P. falciparum malaria in China.

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