Status of malaria prevalence and control in Guangxi,China

Before campaign against malaria in the whole Guangxi region in early 19950s,Plasmodium vaviax malaria,Plasmodium falciparum malaria and malariae malaria were prevalent in all the 82 counties/cities.In 1954 malaria incidence was 296.67/100 000 population and a fatality of 14/100 000 population.The number of malaria cases accounted for 70% with Malaria diseases had been covered throughout eighty-two towns and counties in Guangxi,before controlling malaria,Plasmodium vaviax,Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium malariae and so on.Malaria morbidity rate was 296.67/10 000 and death rate was 1.4/ ten thousand in 1954.Malaria cases covered 70% of the infectious diseases.After adopting vigorous measures and repeatedly controlling,Annual malaria morbidity rate dropped down below 1/10 000 in 1987-1999 and 1/100 000 in 2000-2010.P.falciparum cases had't been found spreading in local areas in 2003-2010.This report sum up malaris epidemiology and control progress in Guangxi after liberation.