Transmission Risk from Imported Plasmodium vivax Malaria in the China-Myanmar Border Region.

ABSTRACT: Malaria importation and local vector susceptibility to imported Plasmodium vivax infection are a continuing risk along the China-Myanmar border. Malaria transmission has been prevented in 3 border villages in Tengchong County, Yunnan Province, China, by use of active fever surveillance, integrated vector control measures, and intensified surveillance and response.

SUBMITTER: Wang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4593446 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature