Importance of Proactive Malaria Case Surveillance and Management in Malaysia
Although Plasmodium vivax infections in Malaysia are usually imported, a significant autochthonous outbreak of vivax malaria was detected in a remote indigenous (Orang Asli) settlement located in northern peninsular Malaysia. Between November 2016 and April 2017, 164 cases of P. vivax infection were...
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my.um.eprints.214732019-06-17T04:43:04Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/21473/ Importance of Proactive Malaria Case Surveillance and Management in Malaysia Liew, Jonathan Wee Kent Mahpot, Rizawati Dzul, Shairah Abdul Razak, Hairul Anuar Ahmad Shah Azizi, Noor Asmah Kamarudin, Marina Russell, Bruce Lim, Khai Lone De Silva, Jeremy Ryan Lim, Bing Sheng Jelip, Jenarun Mudin, Rose Nani Lau, Yee Ling R Medicine Although Plasmodium vivax infections in Malaysia are usually imported, a significant autochthonous outbreak of vivax malaria was detected in a remote indigenous (Orang Asli) settlement located in northern peninsular Malaysia. Between November 2016 and April 2017, 164 cases of P. vivax infection were detected. Although 83.5% of the vivax cases were identified through passive case detection and contact screening during the first 7 weeks, subsequent mass blood screening (combination of rapid diagnostic tests, blood films, and polymerase chain reaction [PCR]) of the entire settlement (N = 3,757) revealed another 27 P. vivax infections, 19 of which were asymptomatic. The mapped data from this active case detection program was used to direct control efforts resulting in the successful control of the outbreak in this region. This report highlights the importance of proactive case surveillance and timely management of malaria control in Malaysia as it nears malaria elimination. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2018 Article PeerReviewed Liew, Jonathan Wee Kent and Mahpot, Rizawati and Dzul, Shairah and Abdul Razak, Hairul Anuar and Ahmad Shah Azizi, Noor Asmah and Kamarudin, Marina and Russell, Bruce and Lim, Khai Lone and De Silva, Jeremy Ryan and Lim, Bing Sheng and Jelip, Jenarun and Mudin, Rose Nani and Lau, Yee Ling (2018) Importance of Proactive Malaria Case Surveillance and Management in Malaysia. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 98 (6). pp. 1709-1713. ISSN 0002-9637 https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-1010 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.17-1010 |
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Although Plasmodium vivax infections in Malaysia are usually imported, a significant autochthonous outbreak of vivax malaria was detected in a remote indigenous (Orang Asli) settlement located in northern peninsular Malaysia. Between November 2016 and April 2017, 164 cases of P. vivax infection were detected. Although 83.5% of the vivax cases were identified through passive case detection and contact screening during the first 7 weeks, subsequent mass blood screening (combination of rapid diagnostic tests, blood films, and polymerase chain reaction [PCR]) of the entire settlement (N = 3,757) revealed another 27 P. vivax infections, 19 of which were asymptomatic. The mapped data from this active case detection program was used to direct control efforts resulting in the successful control of the outbreak in this region. This report highlights the importance of proactive case surveillance and timely management of malaria control in Malaysia as it nears malaria elimination. |
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Importance of Proactive Malaria Case Surveillance and Management in Malaysia |
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Importance of Proactive Malaria Case Surveillance and Management in Malaysia |
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Importance of Proactive Malaria Case Surveillance and Management in Malaysia |
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