Transmission Risk from Imported Plasmodium vivax Malaria in the China–Myanmar Border Region

Abstract

Malaria importation and local vector susceptibility to imported Plasmodium vivax infection are a continuing risk along the China–Myanmar border. Malaria transmission has been prevented in 3 border villages in Tengchong County, Yunnan Province, China, by use of active fever surveillance, integrated vector control measures, and intensified surveillance and response.

Keywords

• malaria
• vector-borne infections
• parasites
• imported malaria
• Plasmodium vivax
• vulnerability