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It is necessary to present the changing trends of malaria in China and discuss the role of travel medicine services in consolidating malaria elimination.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This study systematically reviewed articles and reports related to human malaria from 2013 to 2022 published in international and Chinese databases. Data on malaria (i.e. number of cases, Plasmodium spp., diagnostic method, country of acquisition, provinces with high risk of re-introduction and transmission) were collected and synthesized, then summarized using descriptive statistics.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Overall, 24\u2009758 cases of malaria (&amp;gt;99.5% laboratory confirmed, &amp;gt;\u200999.2% imported, 0.5% fatal) were reported in China from 2013 to 2022, with a downward trend over the years (4128 cases in 2013 compared to 843 cases in 2022; \u03c72 trend P\u2009=\u20090.005). The last locally acquired case was reported in 2017. Plasmodium falciparum (65.5%) was the most common species identified, followed by P. vivax (20.9%) and P. ovale (10.0%). Two P. knowlesi cases were also identified in 2014 and 2017 in returned travellers from Malaysia and Indonesia, respectively. The most common countries for malaria acquisition were Ghana, Angola and Myanmar. Plasmodium vivax was mainly detected in returned travellers from Myanmar, while P. falciparum and P. ovale were detected in travellers from sub-Saharan Africa. Imported cases were mainly reported in Yunnan, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Guangxi, Shandong, Zhejiang and Henan provinces, where large numbers of Chinese people travel overseas for work.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Returned travellers from malaria-endemic countries pose a significant risk of malaria re-introduction to China. Travel medicine should be strengthened to improve the capacity and accessibility of both pre- and post-travel services, including malaria prophylaxis and prompt diagnosis of illness in returned travellers.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jtm\/taae056","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,9]],"date-time":"2024-04-09T12:00:41Z","timestamp":1712664041000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Malaria cases in China acquired through international travel, 2013\u20132022"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"31","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-9479-8175","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yan","family":"Zhu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"UQ Centre for Clinical Research , Faculty of Medicine, , Building 71\/918 RBWH Herston, Brisbane, QLD 4029 ,","place":["Australia"]},{"name":"The University of Queensland , Faculty of Medicine, , Building 71\/918 RBWH Herston, Brisbane, QLD 4029 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