CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2017, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (6): 603-606.

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Analysis of factors for early reporting of imported malaria cases

Xin ZHU1, Yun-yun ZHANG2(), Zhi-guo YANG1, Cheng-yun YANG3   

  1. 1 Luoyang center for Disease Prevention and Control, Luoyang 471023, China
    2 Luoyang center for Health Inspection and Supervision, Luoyang 471023, China
    3 Henan center for Disease Prevention and Control, Zhengzhou 450016, China
  • Received:2017-05-11 Online:2017-12-30 Published:2018-01-10

Abstract:

From 2012 to 2016, a total of 159 imported malaria cases were reported, predominated by falciparum malaria (76.1%, 121/159).The average time interval from disease onset to diagnosis was 4.07±6.74 days.Sixty-one cases (38.4%) first visited medical units, while 66.7% (106/159) were diagnosed in CDCs, and 64.8% (103/159) visited hospitals after disease onset.Univariate analysis identified the way of going abroad, a history of malaria, the origin of imported malaria, medical unit of first visit, the way of case-finding, and malaria onset type as factors for early reporting of malaria.Multivariate analysis identified the place origin of imported malaria, medical unit of first visit, the way of case-finding as factors for early reporting of malaria.

Key words: Import malaria, Finding pattern, Factor

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