Analysis of clinical malaria disease patterns and trends in Vietnam 2009-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Viet Nam has made tremendous progress towards reducing mortality and morbidity associated with malaria in recent years. Despite the success in malaria control, there has been a recent increase in cases in some provinces. In order to understand the changing malaria dynamics in Viet Nam and measure progress towards elimination, the aim of this study was to describe and quantify spatial and temporal trends of malaria by species at district level across the country.

Methods

Malaria case reports at the Viet Nam National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology, and Entomology were reviewed for the period of January 2009 to December 2015. The population of each district was obtained from the Population and Housing Census-2009. A multivariate (insecticide-treated mosquito

SUBMITTER: Wangdi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6142383 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature