1. Malaria imported from Ghana by returning gold miners, China, 2013.
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Li Z, Yang Y, Xiao N, Zhou S, Lin K, Wang D, Zhang Q, Jiang W, Li M, Feng X, Yu J, Ren X, Lai S, Sun J, Fang Z, Hu W, Clements AC, Zhou X, Yu H, and Yang W
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Adult, Animals, Anopheles parasitology, Child, China epidemiology, Disease Outbreaks, Female, Geography, Ghana epidemiology, Humans, Malaria diagnosis, Malaria parasitology, Male, Middle Aged, Plasmodium malariae, Young Adult, Gold, Malaria epidemiology, Malaria transmission, Miners, Travel
- Abstract
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.
- Published
- 2015
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