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

Year: 2014

Type: article

Study design: Observational Study

Abstract: 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.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid2004.130647

Authors: Guofa Zhou, Ling Sun, Rongji Xia, Yizhong Duan, Jianwei Xu, Henglin Yang, Ying Wang, Ming-chieh Lee, Zheng Xiang, Guiyun Yan, Liwang Cui, Zhaoqing Yang

Institutions: University of California, Irvine, Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Army Medical University

Language: English

Topic: Malaria Research and Control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Awards: G16542565, Southeast Asia Malaria Research Center, G3731516920, G3991565625, 中缅边境恶性疟原虫对咯萘啶抗药性的研究

OpenAlex ID: W2063574697

FWCI: 5.971

Cites: 15

Cited by: 31

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