title: [Analysis of malaria situation and discussion of control strategies in Huai'an City, 2014].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the malaria epidemic situation in Huai'an City in 2014, so as to provide the evidence for formulating and adjusting effective strategies and measures to eliminate malaria.
  
  
  METHODS
  The reported malaria cases from the Internet Reporting System and the epidemiological data of malaria of Huai'an City in 2014 were collected and analyzed statistically.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 56 malaria cases were reported in Huai'an City in 2014 with the incidence of 0.12/10,000, and 43.59% of increasing rate compared with the previous year (39 cases). All these cases were imported from African countries. There were 50 cases of falciparum malaria, 4 cases of ovale malaria, 1 case of quartan malaria and 1 case of mixed infections. All the patients were male and aged 24-59 years. Totally 96.43% of the patients (54 cases) were peasants and 69.64% of them (39 cases) only received junior high school education. The malaria cases were mainly distributed in Huai'an District (32 cases), Xuyi County (8 cases) and Huaiyin District (6 cases), totally accounting for 82.14%. There was no significant seasonal variation in the reporting time of the cases. The median time from onset to seeing a doctor was 2 days and the median time from seeing a doctor to being diagnosed was 1 day. Totally 16.67% of the patients (8 cases) were misdiagnosed when they first visited a doctor. All the patients were laboratory confirmed and all of them received the standard treatment after diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There have been no local malaria cases reported from Huai'an City in the last three years. However, the situation of imported malaria is more serious and the species of infected Plasmodium are more diverse. Therefore, to accomplish the aim of malaria elimination in the whole city, it is necessary to further strengthen the multi-sectoral cooperation, health education, malaria screening and professional training to control the imported malaria.
authors.forename: Cong-ying
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Wen-zhou
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hong-xia
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D060740:Disease Eradication / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D058872:Epidemics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012621:Seasons; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult