Risk factors associated with malaria infection along China-Myanmar border: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization (WHO) has certificated China malaria free, but imported malaria is a continuous challenge in preventing reintroduction of malaria in the border area of China. Understanding risk factors of malaria along China-Myanmar border is benefit for preventing reintroduction of malaria in China and achieving the WHO's malaria elimination goal in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).

Methods

This is a case-control study with one malaria case matched to two controls, in which cases were microscopy-confirmed malaria patients and controls were feverish people with microscopy-excluded malaria. A matched logistic regression analysis (LRA) was used to identify risk factors associated with malaria infection.

Results

From May 2016 through October 20

SUBMITTER: Xu JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9548336 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature