Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, November 2013 / Vol. 62 / No. SS-5

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Malaria Surveillance--United States, 2011
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries
• Personal Author:
  Cullen, Karen A. ; Arguin, Paul M.
• Corporate Authors:
  Center for Global Health (U.S.). Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria
• Description:
  Malaria in humans is caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. These parasites are transmitted by the bite of an infective female Anopheles mosquito. The majority of malaria infections in the United States occur among persons who have traveled to regions with ongoing malaria transmission. However, malaria is also occasionally acquired by persons who have not traveled out of the country, through exposure to infected blood products, congenital transmission, laboratory exposure, or local mosquito borne transmission. Malaria surveillance in the United States is conducted to identify episodes of local transmission and to guide prevention recommendations for travelers. This report summarizes cases in persons with onset of illness in 2011 and summarizes trends during previous years. Malaria cases diagnosed by blood film, polymerase chain reaction, or rapid diagnostic tests are mandated
  
  to be reported to local and state health departments by health-care providers or laboratory staff. Case investigations are conducted by local and state health departments, and reports are transmitted to CDC through the National Malaria Surveillance System, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, or direct CDC consults. Data from these reporting systems serve as the basis for this report.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Malaria / Diagnosis Malaria / Epidemiology Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, 2013; v. 62, no. 5
• Series:
  Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1546-0738 (print) ; 1545-8636 (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  20 pdf pages
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eb2ce92d1018bbda9d7118fa323ff182ece21f27cac0c121019c4342a1020d5c5622a495c2f6a961ecc10847854fcd5b1f77d18bf50a2042c9aa7344fb144e84
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/20870/cdc_20870_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 515.86 KB ]