Analysis on malaria epidemic with the infectious diseases report system in Xiaogan City from 2004 to 2014
Objective To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of malaria in Xiaogan City , and provide the basis for adjusting and formulating measures for malaria elimination. Methods The data of malaria cases during 2004-2014 in Xiaogan were collected and analyzed using Microsoft Office Excel 2003 and SPSS17.0. Results A total of 844 malaria cases was reported in Xiaogan City from 2004 to 2014, an-nual incidence was 0.12/100 000 in 2012 to 3.35/100 000 in 2005 with an average of 1.58/100 000. Among the cases, 742(87.91%) were vivax malaria, 66(7.82%) were unidentified malaria, and 36(4.27%)were falci-parum malaria. Seven counties of the city had cases occurred. The overall incidence rate of malaria showed a gradual downward trend. Imported malaria cases was mostly seen after 2010. a total of 802 (95.02%) indige-nous cases was reported while 42 (4.98%) imported malaria cases was reported. The highest incidence of in-digenous infection was from May to September while there was no obvious season difference for incidence of imported cases. Most of the malaria cases were peasants over the age of 20. The ratio of male to female in pa-tients was 1.52∶1. Most of the imported cases were from Xiaonan, Dawu and Anlu accounted for 90.42%, they were infected in malaria endemic regions of Africa, mostly young men. Conclusion The epidemic of in-digenous malaria has been effectively controlled in Xiaogan, while the imported cases have increased in recent years. Prevention of imported malaria will be the key point in Xiaogan.
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