3 results match your criteria: "Fujian Provincial Center for Diseases Control and Prevention[Affiliation]"
Epidemiological Characteristics of Overseas-Imported Infectious Diseases Identified through Airport Health-Screening Measures: A Case Study on Fuzhou, China.
Trop Med Infect Dis
June 2024
School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China.
Article Synopsis
- This study analyzed data from 2016 to 2019 to understand the characteristics of imported infections and evaluate the effectiveness of health screenings at Fuzhou Changle International Airport in detecting these infections.
- A total of 559 travel-related infections were reported, with a high percentage (94.3%) being imported, mainly affecting males aged 20-49 and peaking during specific months.
- The findings highlight the limitations of airport health screening, which identified only 23.7% of infections, pointing to the need for improved public health measures such as surveillance, vaccination, and international cooperation to manage imported diseases effectively.
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infection in a Chinese traveler returning from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
Infect Dis Poverty
May 2018
National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai, 200025, China.
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.
[DNA amplification of Plasmodium vivax parasites from Giemsa-stained blood smears].
Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi
August 2006
Fujian Provincial Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Fuzhou, China.
Objective: To develop methods of extracting DNA from malaria parasites on Giemsa-stained blood smears.
Methods: Improved Na2HPO4 method and Chelex-100 ion-exchange technique were used to extract DNA from Giemsa-stained or unstained blood smears. Nested PCR was employed for amplification and identification of allelotype in the Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein-1 (PvMSP-1).