[Epidemiological Analysis of Imported Malaria in Tai’an City] of Shandong Province During 2011-2015].

Abstract

One hundred and sixty-three imported malaria cases were reported in Tai’an City of Shandong Province during 2011-2015, consisting of 120 cases of falciparum malaria（73.6%）, 20 vivax malaria（12.3%）, 14 ovale malaria（8.6%）, 7 quartan malaria（4.3%）, and 2 unclassified cases（1.2%）. The disease onset showed no significant seasonal variation. The reported cases were more at the age of 40～49 years（70/163, 42.9%）, and were imported mainly from Africa（156/163, 95.7%）. The median interval from symptom onset to diagnosis was 4 days, and only 15 patients（9.2%） received definite diagnosis within 24 h. After medication, 161 cases recovered and 2 cases died.