The geography of imported malaria to non-endemic countries: a meta-analysis of nationally reported statistics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria remains a problem for many countries classified as malaria free through cases imported from endemic regions. Imported cases to non-endemic countries often result in delays in diagnosis, are expensive to treat, and can sometimes cause secondary local transmission. The movement of malaria in endemic countries has also contributed to the spread of drug resistance and threatens long-term eradication goals. Here we focused on quantifying the international movements of malaria to improve our understanding of these phenomena and facilitate the design of mitigation strategies.

Methods

In this meta-analysis, we studied the database of publicly available nationally reported statistics on imported malaria in the past 10 years, covering more than 50 000 individual cas

SUBMITTER: Tatem AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5392593 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature