Malaria Imported from Ghana by Returning Gold Miners, China, 2013

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Li, Zhongjie ; Yang, Yichao ; Xiao, Ning ; Zhou, Sheng ; Lin, Kangming ; Wang, Duoquan ; Zhang, Qian ; Jiang, Weikang ; Li, Mei ; Feng, Xinyu ; Yu, Jianxin ; Ren, Xiang ; Lai, Shengjie ; Sun, Junling ; Fang, Zhongliao ; Hu, Wenbiao ; Clements, Archie C.A. ; Zhou, Xiaonong ; Yu, Hongjie ; Yang, Weizhong
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Animals Anopheles Child Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Female Geography Gold Humans Malaria Male Middle Aged Miners Plasmodium Malariae Travel Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(5):864-867.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China ; Ghana
• Location:
  Asia ; Africa
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7d36d72e278790e9066467ddbd21bd3040cfc8499ce6a93098c2e0f7814578e9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30902/cdc_30902_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.59 MB ]