title: [Epidemic situation and control strategy of imported malaria in Hubei Province from 2006 to 2011].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the characteristics of imported malaria in Hubei Province so as to provide the evidence for formulating the prevention and control strategy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data of all imported malaria cases from 2006-01 to 2011-07 were retrospectively analyzed, and at the same time, the imported malaria cases since 2010 were interviewed through telephone and the cases since 2011-05 were interviewed face to face. All data were analyzed with EpiInfo.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 195 imported malaria cases from 2006-01-01 to 2011-07-07, and there was a rising trend but there was no obvious difference among seasons. The interval between the disease onset and diagnosis was shorter in high educated people than low educated people (chi2 = 10.93, P < 0.01) and in the severe cases than the slight cases (chi2 = 4.58, P < 0.05). The severe rates of malaria cases were 70.4% and 82.9% in the low educated group and the high educated group, respectively (chi2 = 7.02, P < 0.01). Non-condition regression analysis showed that there were three influence factors which affected severe malaria, including whether or not self-treatment instead of seeing doctor when being fever; whether or not having health education before going abroad; whether or not considering malaria of the initial diagnosis doctor.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is very important to strengthen the personnel abroad malaria health education, the malaria blood smear microscopic inspection in medical institutions, and the initial diagnosis doctor's awareness on malaria.
authors.affiliation: Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Kai-Jie
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guang-Quan
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hua-Xun
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Xiao-Rong
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Pi
authors.forename: Su-Jian
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: Le-Qun
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D058872:Epidemics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014195:Travel; D055815:Young Adult