A molecular survey of febrile cases in malaria-endemic areas along China-Myanmar border in Yunnan province, People’s Republic of China

Parasite

and Xiao-Nong Zhou³  Jun-Hu Chen³  Sheng-Guo Li¹  Metoh Theresia Njuabe²  Ji-Lei Huang³  Xia Zhou³ 

[1] Tengchong Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Tengchong679100,Yunnan,China;Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Bamenda North-west Province,Cameroon;National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology Ministry of Health,Shanghai200025,China

关键词: P.R. China;    Myanmar;    Diagnosis;    Nested PCR;    Malaria;   

Others  :  808314
DOI  :  doi:10.1051/parasite/2014030

 received in 2014-02-20, accepted in 2014-06-12,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background: Imported malaria is a major threat to neighboring malaria-eliminating countries such as P.R. China and is difficult to monitor. A molecular survey of febrile patients with a history of traveling abroad along the Myanmar-China endemic border areas from January 2008 to August 2012 was carried out. The rates of infection with species of Plasmodium and compliance of microscopy diagnosis with nested PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) results were calculated.

【 授权许可】

   
© X. Zhou et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2014

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