Abstract:

【Abstract】 Objective  To understand the epidemic features and trend of malaria from 2003 through 2014 in Youjiang District of Baise city, Guangxi province. Methods  The data on blood smear examination of febrile patients, including local residents, returned migrant workers and floating population in Youjiang District were collected from 2003 to 2014 and analyzed with descriptive statistics. Results  Between 2003 and 2014, febrile examination was performed in a total of 119 216 persons/times, in whom 522 were returned migrant workers and 22 260, floating population. Of the three groups of population, the average positive rate of blood examination was 0.0017%, 0.575％ and 0.119％, respectively. In the 30 confirmed malaria cases, 3 were indigenous infection and 27, oversea imported infection. Twenty cases were associated with falciparum malaria, 9 with tertian malarial fever, and another 1 case was undifferentiated in clinical diagnosis. Conclusion  The imported malaria is dominated in Youjiang District of Baise city, and half of the cases are associated with falciparum malaria. 

Key words:  Malaria, Epidemiology, Imported cases, Youjiang District