Trends of imported malaria in China 2010–2014: analysis of surveillance data

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Imported malaria country of acquisition in China during 2010–2014 by Plasmodium species

Country of acquisition (n = 10,925)	P. falciparum	%	P. vivax	%	Other Plasmodium ^a	%	Total	%
Africa
Ghana	1547	21.99	123	3.86	112	15.82	1782	16.31
Angola	932	13.25	51	1.60	80	11.30	1063	9.73
Equatorial Guinea	789	11.22	61	1.92	111	15.68	961	8.80
Nigeria	800	11.37	60	1.89	76	10.73	936	8.57
Cameroon	237	3.37	15	0.47	27	3.81	279	2.55
Congo	197	2.80	12	0.38	22	3.11	231	2.11
Liberia	168	2.39	25	0.79	26	3.67	219	2.00
Ethiopia	39	0.55	167	5.25	7	1.00	213	1.95
Guinea	136	1.93	9	0.28	15	2.12	160	1.46
Mozambique	123	1.75	9	0.28	9	1.27	141	1.29
Sierra Leone	121	1.72	9	0.28	11	1.55	141	1.29
CongoDR	109	1.55	13	0.41	13	1.84	135	1.24
Other African countries	1142	16.24	166	5.22	110	15.54	1418	12.98
Asia
Myanmar	571	7.84	1893	59.47	49	6.92	2513	23.00
Indonesia	57	0.80	177	5.56	25	3.53	259	2.37
Cambodia	14	0.20	144	4.52	5	0.71	163	1.49
Laos PDR	14	0.19	86	2.70	1	0.14	101	0.92
Pakistan	5	0.07	67	2.10	3	0.42	75	0.69
India	5	0.07	47	1.48	1	0.14	53	0.49
Other Asian countries	14	0.20	26	0.82	4	0.56	44	0.40
Oceania	10	0.14	18	0.57	0	0	28	0.26
South America	4	0.06	5	0.16	1	0.14	10	0.09

^aOthers including P. ovale, P. malariae, mixed infection with two or more species, and undetermined Plasmodium species

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