Objective: To understand the situation of malaria in Quanzhou City for 50 years, so as to provide the evidence for eliminating malaria.
Methods: The data of epidemic situation of malaria and intermediary surveillance were collected and analyzed statistically from 1963 to 2012.
Results: The incidence of malaria has been periodically increased, but seasonal distribution was not obvious. The incidence in economically developed areas was significantly lower than that in the slow economic development areas. The patients were mainly young adults, and the careers were mainly the farmer, worker and migrant worker. The vivax malaria was the main type and the main vector was Anopheles minimus. The incidence of malaria has been less than 1/100,000 since 1997. From 2004, all of the patients were imported, mainly came from Africa and Southeast Asia.
Conclusions: After more than 50 years' comprehensive prevention and treatment, the incidence of malaria has been maintained at a low level. We should strengthen the control and management of imported malaria, and consolidate the achievements in malaria prevention, so as to achieve the aim of malaria elimination.
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Background: Measuring neurocognitive functioning in children requires validated, age-appropriate instruments that are adapted to the local cultural and linguistic context. We sought to evaluate the usability and psychometric properties of five tools that assess general intelligence, executive functioning, and sustained attention among Tanzanian children.
Methods: We adapted five age-appropriate neurocognitive assessment batteries from previously published assessment materials to the Tanzanian context.
BMJ Open
January 2025
USTTB FMOS, Bamako, Mali.
Objective: This study aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors for neonatal sepsis among neonates admitted to selected health facilities in the Bamako district and Koulikoro region in Mali.
Design: This is a prospective cross-sectional study. Data were analyses using bivariate and multivariate logistic regression.
Malar J
January 2025
Malaria Elimination Initiative, Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
Background: Malaria incidence in the Greater Mekong Subregion has been on the decline, and most remaining malaria risk in the region is concentrated among hard-to-reach populations, especially those with exposure to forested areas. New vector control tools focused on outdoor protection in forest settings are needed for these populations.
Methods: The delivery of a 'forest pack' containing a volatile pyrethroid spatial repellent (VPSR), a topical repellent, and pyrethroid treatment of clothing was evaluated in an operational study in Cambodia.
Pathogens
December 2024
Department of Epidemiology and Tropical Medicine, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute, 128 Szaserów St., 04-141 Warsaw, Poland.
Malaria remains a major public health threat in Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, species account for nearly 100% of the malaria cases occurring on the African continent. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), falciparum malaria predominates, but non-falciparum species are also present in Africa.
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December 2024
School of Agriculture Science, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.
Malaria and other haemosporidian parasites are common in reptiles. During baseline health surveys of sea turtles in Western Australia (WA), haemosporidian parasites were detected in flatback () and green () turtle erythrocytes during routine blood film examination. 130 blood samples were screened via polymerase chain reaction (PCR), including 105 20 and 5 olive ridley turtles ().
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