title: [Epidemiological characteristics of imported malaria cases in Neijiang City, 2013].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the epidemiological characteristics of imported malaria cases in Neijiang City in 2013, so as to provide the references for malaria elimination in the city.
  
  
  METHODS
  The epidemiological data of malaria cases were collected from the Parasitic Diseases Information Management System of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the data were analyzed with the descriptive epidemiological method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Totally 19 cases of imported malaria cases were reported in Neijiang City in 2013, which was increased by 375% comparing to that in 2012 (4 cases) , and all the cases were confirmed by the laboratory. Among these cases, 14 were (73.68%) falciparum malaria cases, 5 (26.32%) were vivax malaria cases; 13 cases (68.42%) were from African countries, and the other 6 (31.58%) were from Southeast Asia. These cases were distributed throughout each quater, which had no significant seasonality. All the cases were male aged from 20-49 years, and the majority of them (16 cases, 84.21%) were farmers and workers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevention and control situation of imported malaria is severe in Neijiang City. The capacity construction of malaria diagnosis and treatment of basic medical institutions as well as the health education and monitoring and management to floating population should be strengthened.
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yuan-hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shi-lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xiao-bin
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors