TY - JOUR AU - Zhou, Guofa AU - Sun, Ling AU - Xia, Rongji AU - Duan, Yizhong AU - Xu, Jianwei AU - Yang, Henglin AU - Wang, Ying AU - Lee, Ming-chieh AU - Xiang, Zheng AU - Yan, Guiyun AU - Cui, Liwang AU - Yang, Zhaoqing T1 - Clinical Malaria along the China–Myanmar Border, Yunnan Province, China, January 2011–August 2012 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 4 SP - 681 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Passive surveillance for malaria cases was conducted in Yunnan Province, China, along the China–Myanmar border. Infection with Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum protozoa accounted for 69% and 28% of the cases, respectively. Most patients were adult men. Cross-border travel into Myanmar was a key risk factor for P. falciparum malaria in China. KW - Plasmodium falciparum KW - Plasmodium vivax KW - clinical malaria KW - age distribution KW - sex distribution KW - cross-border travel KW - Yunnan Province KW - China KW - Myanmar KW - malaria KW - vector-borne infections KW - parasite KW - protozoa DO - 10.3201/eid2004.130647 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/4/13-0647_article ER - End of Reference