CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2017, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 114-119.

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Time-series anaylsis of malaria incidence in China during 2004-2013

XU Jun-fang1, XIA Zhi-gui2, ZHOU Xiao-nong2,*(), LI Shi-zhu2, GUO Xiao-peng1, QIN Si1   

  1. 1 Medical College, Hubei University for Nationalities, Enshi 445000, China
    2 National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; 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
  • Received:2016-08-30 Online:2017-04-20 Published:2017-05-02
  • Contact: ZHOU Xiao-nong E-mail:ipdzhouxn@sh163.net
  • Supported by:
    Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. NSFC81273192)

Abstract:

Objective To estimate the trend of malaria incidence in China from 2004 to 2013 and clarify the pattern of malaria prevalence. Methods The malaria incidence trend during 2004-2013 was analyzed with the Joinpoint software to calculate the annual percent change (APC). Grey relational analysis was also performed. Results The joinpoint for the overall prevalence of malaria was found in 2006, with APC of 34.8% (P > 0.05) and -37.9%(P < 0.05), respectively. The joinpoint for vivax malaria was found in 2007, with APC of 14.7% (P < 0.05) and -51.5% (P < 0.05), respectively. The joinpoint for falciparum malaria was in 2009, with APC of -39.6% (P < 0.05) and -25.9% (P > 0.05), respectively. The joinpoint for unclassified malaria was in 2006, with APC of 31.7% (P > 0.05) and -40.7% (P < 0.05), respectively. The comprehensive correlation degrees of vivax malaria, falciparum malaria and unclassified malaria incidence with the overall prevalence of 0.887 7, 0.625 4, and 0.844 5, respectively. The joinpoint for indigenous malaria incidence was in 2008, with APC of 2.43% (P > 0.05) and -72.89% (P < 0.05), respectively. The comprehensive correlation degree between indigenous malaria incidence and the overall prevalence was 0.969 3. Conclusion There is a trend of decrease for overall prevalence, as well as for the incidences of indigenous malaria, vivax malaria, and unclassified malaria. The incidence of falciparum malaria was a trend of decrease from 2004 to 2009, but was steady from 2009 to 2013.

Key words: Malaria, Time-series analysis, Joinpoint model

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