Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infection in a Chinese traveler returning from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

Background: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is one of the most complex parasitic diseases known to humankind. It usually occurs in endemic areas in Africa, but is occasionally detected in returning travelers and migrants in non-endemic countries.

Case Presentation: In August 2017, a case of HAT was diagnosed in China in a traveler returning from the Masai Mara area in Kenya and the Serengeti area in Tanzania.

[Diagnosis of an Imported Case of Plasmodium ovale Infection in Nanping City, Fujian].

An imported case previously misdiagnosed as vivax malaria was reviewed. The epidemiological data and blood sample were collected. The detection was conducted by microscopy, rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and nested PCR.

[Genetic polymorphism of the gene encoding the apical membrane antigen-1 of Plasmodium falciparum].

Objective: To study the genetic diversity of apical membrane antigen-1 gene from Plasmodium falciparum (PfAMA-1).

Methods: Filter paper blood samples were collected from 23 imported P. falciparum malaria patients who returned to Fujian Province from 2006 to 2012.

Surveillance and response strategy in the malaria post-elimination stage: case study of Fujian province.

Malaria used to be a serious health problem in Fujian province in the past, but no local malaria transmission has been found since 2000. In order to eliminate the potential residual cases and prevent re-introduction of malaria so as to achieve the final goal of malaria elimination in Fujian province, various strategy and intervention approaches were tailored to the local settings. For instance, the monitoring of febrile patients by blood smear examinations and vector surveillance and control were strengthened in addition to the routine intervention in the mountainous area of Fujian province, where malaria was highly endemic and the mosquito Anopheles anthropophagus distributed with a high vectorial capacity.