Asymptomatic malaria infection at the China-Vietnam border: Knowledge and implications for the cross-border migrant population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eliminating malaria along the China-Vietnam border remains one of the greatest challenges in China, especially during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has disrupted the continuity of malaria control and elimination programs. Understanding the factors associated with asymptomatic malaria infection will inform control interventions aimed at elimination of the disease among migrants from Vietnam working in China, who constitute an at-risk population.

Methods

From March 2018 to September 2019, 108 migrants from Vietnam working in Ningming County, Guangxi, were enrolled in this study. Each person was interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Blood samples were collected and sent for PCR detection and sequencing. The obtained sequences were an

SUBMITTER: Tu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8902057 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature