The public health response to a Plasmodium malariae outbreak in Penampang district, Sabah during a COVID-19 movement control order.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since 2018, no indigenous human malaria cases has been reported in Malaysia. However, during the recent COVID-19 pandemic the World Health Organization is concerned that the pandemic might erode the success of malaria control as there are reports of increase malaria cases in resource limited countries. Little is known how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted malaria in middle-income countries like Malaysia. Here the public health response to a Plasmodium malariae outbreak occurred in a village in Sabah state, Malaysia, during a COVID-19 movement control order is reported.

Methods

An outbreak was declared following the detection of P. malariae in July 2020 and active case detection for malaria was performed by collecting blood samples from residents residing within 2

SUBMITTER: Naserrudin NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10546630 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature