Increasing trends of malaria in a border area of the Greater Mekong Subregion.

Jinting GengPallavi MallaJiaqi ZhangShiling XuCuiying LiYan ZhaoQinghui WangMyat Phone KyawYaming CaoZhaoqing YangLiwang Cui

Published in: Malaria journal (2019)

The China-Myanmar border area has experienced an overall upward trend of malaria incidence in recent years with P. vivax becoming the predominant species. Evidence-based control strategies need to focus on high-risk populations.

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
risk factors
genetic diversity