TY - JOUR
T1 - Malaria imported from Ghana by returning gold miners, China, 2013
AU - Li, Zhongjie
AU - Yang, Yichao
AU - Xiao, Ning
AU - Zhou, Sheng
AU - Lin, Kangming
AU - Wang, Duoquan
AU - Zhang, Qian
AU - Jiang, Weikang
AU - Li, Mei
AU - Feng, Xinyu
AU - Yu, Jianxin
AU - Ren, Xiang
AU - Lai, Shengjie
AU - Sun, Junling
AU - Fang, Zhongliao
AU - Hu, Wenbiao
AU - Clements, Archie C.A.
AU - Zhou, Xiaonong
AU - Yu, Hongjie
AU - Yang, Weizhong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - During May-August 2013, a malaria outbreak comprising 874 persons in Shanglin County, China, was detected among 4,052 persons returning from overseas. Ghana was the predominant destination country, and 92.3% of malarial infections occurred in gold miners. Preventive measures should be enhanced for persons in high-risk occupations traveling to malaria-endemic countries.
AB - During May-August 2013, a malaria outbreak comprising 874 persons in Shanglin County, China, was detected among 4,052 persons returning from overseas. Ghana was the predominant destination country, and 92.3% of malarial infections occurred in gold miners. Preventive measures should be enhanced for persons in high-risk occupations traveling to malaria-endemic countries.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84928012074&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid2105.141712
DO - 10.3201/eid2105.141712
M3 - Article
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 21
SP - 864
EP - 867
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 5
ER -