Abstract:

A descriptive review was made on 111 imported cases of malaria in Daiyue District of Tai′an City filed through the online reporting system from 2008 to 2016, consisting of 76 cases of falciparum malaria (68.5%), 15 cases of plasmodium vivax(13.5%), 7 cases of quartan vivax (6.3%), 9 cases of ovale malaria (8.1%), and 4 unclassified cases (3.6%). The cases distributed throughout the months, predominated by November, December and January (34, 30.6%). They returned mainly from Africa(99.1%). All were males, and 79.3% were among 30-49 years old. The time from onset to diagnosis ranged 5 hours to up to 42 days, with an average of 5.4 days. All got recovered after treatment except one case of falciparum malaria who died in 2011.

Key words:  Malaria, Imported cases, Daiyue District