Malaria Imported from Ghana by Returning Gold Miners, China, 2013

During May-August 2013, a malaria outbreak comprising 874 persons in Shanglin County, China, was detected among 4,052 persons returning from overseas. Ghana was the predominant destination country, and 92.3% of malarial infections occurred in gold miners. Preventive measures should be enhanced for p...

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Autores principales: Li, Zhongjie, Yang, Yichao, Xiao, Ning, Zhou, Sheng, Lin, Kangming, Wang, Duoquan, Zhang, Qian, Jiang, Weikang, Li, Mei, Feng, Xinyu, Yu, Jianxin, Ren, Xiang, Lai, Shengjie, Sun, Junling, Fang, Zhongliao, Hu, Wenbiao, Clements, Archie C.A., Zhou, Xiaonong, Yu, Hongjie, Yang, Weizhong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25897805
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2105.141712
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author Li, Zhongjie
Yang, Yichao
Xiao, Ning
Zhou, Sheng
Lin, Kangming
Wang, Duoquan
Zhang, Qian
Jiang, Weikang
Li, Mei
Feng, Xinyu
Yu, Jianxin
Ren, Xiang
Lai, Shengjie
Sun, Junling
Fang, Zhongliao
Hu, Wenbiao
Clements, Archie C.A.
Zhou, Xiaonong
Yu, Hongjie
Yang, Weizhong
author_facet Li, Zhongjie
Yang, Yichao
Xiao, Ning
Zhou, Sheng
Lin, Kangming
Wang, Duoquan
Zhang, Qian
Jiang, Weikang
Li, Mei
Feng, Xinyu
Yu, Jianxin
Ren, Xiang
Lai, Shengjie
Sun, Junling
Fang, Zhongliao
Hu, Wenbiao
Clements, Archie C.A.
Zhou, Xiaonong
Yu, Hongjie
Yang, Weizhong
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description During May-August 2013, a malaria outbreak comprising 874 persons in Shanglin County, China, was detected among 4,052 persons returning from overseas. Ghana was the predominant destination country, and 92.3% of malarial infections occurred in gold miners. Preventive measures should be enhanced for persons in high-risk occupations traveling to malaria-endemic countries.
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spelling pubmed-44122302015-05-08 Malaria Imported from Ghana by Returning Gold Miners, China, 2013 Li, Zhongjie Yang, Yichao Xiao, Ning Zhou, Sheng Lin, Kangming Wang, Duoquan Zhang, Qian Jiang, Weikang Li, Mei Feng, Xinyu Yu, Jianxin Ren, Xiang Lai, Shengjie Sun, Junling Fang, Zhongliao Hu, Wenbiao Clements, Archie C.A. Zhou, Xiaonong Yu, Hongjie Yang, Weizhong Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch During May-August 2013, a malaria outbreak comprising 874 persons in Shanglin County, China, was detected among 4,052 persons returning from overseas. Ghana was the predominant destination country, and 92.3% of malarial infections occurred in gold miners. Preventive measures should be enhanced for persons in high-risk occupations traveling to malaria-endemic countries. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4412230/ /pubmed/25897805 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2105.141712 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Li, Zhongjie
Yang, Yichao
Xiao, Ning
Zhou, Sheng
Lin, Kangming
Wang, Duoquan
Zhang, Qian
Jiang, Weikang
Li, Mei
Feng, Xinyu
Yu, Jianxin
Ren, Xiang
Lai, Shengjie
Sun, Junling
Fang, Zhongliao
Hu, Wenbiao
Clements, Archie C.A.
Zhou, Xiaonong
Yu, Hongjie
Yang, Weizhong
Malaria Imported from Ghana by Returning Gold Miners, China, 2013
title Malaria Imported from Ghana by Returning Gold Miners, China, 2013
title_full Malaria Imported from Ghana by Returning Gold Miners, China, 2013
title_fullStr Malaria Imported from Ghana by Returning Gold Miners, China, 2013
title_full_unstemmed Malaria Imported from Ghana by Returning Gold Miners, China, 2013
title_short Malaria Imported from Ghana by Returning Gold Miners, China, 2013
title_sort malaria imported from ghana by returning gold miners, china, 2013
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25897805
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2105.141712
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