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Prevention measures and socio-economic development result in a decrease in malaria in Hainan, China

BACKGROUND: Historically, the incidence of malaria in the Hainan Province, China has been high. However, since 2001 the malaria incidence in Hainan has decreased due to large-scale, public educational, promotional campaigns and the adoption of preventative measures against malaria following the fast...

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Autores principales: Wang, Shan-Qing, Li, Yu-Chun, Zhang, Zhi-Ming, Wang, Guang-Ze, Hu, Xi-Min, Qualls, Whitney A, Xue, Rui-De
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4177233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25223723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-362
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Historically, the incidence of malaria in the Hainan Province, China has been high. However, since 2001 the malaria incidence in Hainan has decreased due to large-scale, public educational, promotional campaigns and the adoption of preventative measures against malaria following the fast growth of socio-economic development. The present study analysed the correlation between prevention measures and social economic development on the incidence of malaria in Hainan from 2001 to 2013. METHODS: The data of malaria preventative measures and socio-economic development were collected from various cities and counties in Hainan Province from 2001 to 2013 and analysed by the grey correlation analysis system. RESULTS: Seasonal preventive medication and local fiscal revenue increases are significantly related to the reduction of malaria incidence from 2001 to 2013 (R(1) = 0.751677; R(5) = 0.764795). CONCLUSION: Malaria prevention and control measures and local economic development in Hainan decreased malaria incidence from 2001 to 2013.