Ready for malaria elimination: zero indigenous case reported in the People’s Republic of China

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Jun Feng, Li Zhang, Fang Huang, Jian-Hai Yin, Hong Tu, Zhi-Gui Xia, Shui-Sen Zhou, Ning Xiao, Xiao-Nong Zhou
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2018
• Subjects: Malaria; Indigenous case; Zero; China; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Endeavour
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2444-9; https://doaj.org/article/ad6ef9eba52c4321901a09337bab7bec

Abstract Background Malaria was once one of the most serious public health problems in China. However, the disease burden has sharply declined and epidemic areas have shrunk after the implementation of an integrated malaria control and elimination strategy, especially since 2000. In this review, the...