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Plasmodium falciparum malaria importation from Africa to China and its mortality: an analysis of driving factors.

ABSTRACT: Plasmodium falciparum malaria importation from Africa to China is rising with increasing Chinese overseas investment and international travel. Identifying networks and drivers of this phenomenon as well as the contributors to high case-fatality rate is a growing public health concern to enable efficient response. From 2011-2015, 8653?P. falciparum cases leading to 98 deaths (11.3 per 1000 cases) were imported from 41 sub-Saharan countries into China, with most cases (91.3%) occurring in labour-related Chinese travellers. Four strongly connected groupings of origin African countries with destination Chinese provinces were identified, and the number of imported cases was significantly associated with the volume of air passengers to China (P?=?0.006), parasite prevalence in Africa (P?

SUBMITTER: Lai S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5175130 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Plasmodium falciparum malaria importation from Africa to China and its mortality: an analysis of driving factors.

Lai Shengjie S Wardrop Nicola A NA Huang Zhuojie Z Bosco Claudio C Sun Junling J Bird Tomas T Wesolowski Amy A Zhou Sheng S Zhang Qian Q Zheng Canjun C Li Zhongjie Z Tatem Andrew J AJ Yu Hongjie H

Scientific reports 20161221

Plasmodium falciparum malaria importation from Africa to China is rising with increasing Chinese overseas investment and international travel. Identifying networks and drivers of this phenomenon as well as the contributors to high case-fatality rate is a growing public health concern to enable efficient response. From 2011-2015, 8653 P. falciparum cases leading to 98 deaths (11.3 per 1000 cases) were imported from 41 sub-Saharan countries into China, with most cases (91.3%) occurring in labour-r ...[more]

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