Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, May 2019 / Vol. 68 / No. SS-5

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• Alternative Title:
  Malaria Surveillance--United States, 2016
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries
• Personal Author:
  Mace, Kimberly E. ; Arguin, Paul M. ; Lucchi, Naomi W. ; Tan, Kathrine R.
• 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 species 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 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 provide information on its occurrence (e.g., temporal, geographic, and demographic), guide prevention and treatment recommendations for travelers and patients, and facilitate transmission control measures if locally acquired cases are identified. This report summarizes confirmed malaria cases in persons with onset of illness in 2016 and summarizes trends in previous years. Malaria cases diagnosed by blood film microscopy, polymerase chain reaction, or rapid diagnostic tests are reported to local and state health departments by health care providers or laboratory staff members. Case investigations are conducted by local and state health departments, and reports are transmitted to CDC through the National Malaria Surveillance
  
  System (NMSS), the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS), or direct CDC consultations. CDC reference laboratories provide diagnostic assistance and conduct antimalarial drug resistance marker testing on blood samples submitted by health care providers or local or state health departments. This report summarizes data from the integration of all NMSS and NNDSS cases, CDC reference laboratory reports, and CDC clinical consultations.
  
  The number of reported malaria cases in 2016 continued a decades-long increasing trend and is the highest since 1972. The importation of malaria reflects the overall increase in global travel trends to and from areas where malaria is endemic; a transient decrease in the acquisition of cases, predominantly from West Africa, occurred in 2015. In 2016, more cases (absolute number) originated from regions of the world with widespread malaria transmission. Since the early 2000s, worldwide interventions to reduce malaria have been successful; however, progress has plateaued in recent years, the disease remains endemic in many regions, and the use of appropriate prevention measures by travelers remains inadequate.
  
  Suggested citation for this article: Mace KE, Arguin PM, Lucchi NW, Tan KR. Malaria Surveillance — United States, 2016. MMWR Surveill Summ 2019;68(No. SS-5):1–35. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6805a1
  
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• Subjects:
  Malaria / Diagnosis Malaria / Epidemiology Malaria / Prevention & Control Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, 2019; v. 68, no. 5
• Series:
  Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6805a1
• ISSN:
  1546-0738 (print) ; 1545-8636 (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  40 pdf pages
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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