Background:Despite major reductions in malaria burden across Myanmar,clusters of the disease continue to persist in specific subregions.This study aimed to assess the predictors of test positivity among people living ...Background:Despite major reductions in malaria burden across Myanmar,clusters of the disease continue to persist in specific subregions.This study aimed to assess the predictors of test positivity among people living in Paletwa Township of Chin State,an area of persistently high malaria burden.Methods:Four villages with the highest malaria incidence from Paletwa Town ship were purposively selected.The characteristics of 1045 subjects seeking malaria diagnosis from the four assigned village health volunteers from January to December,2018 were retrospectively analyzed.Their household conditions and surroundings were also recorded using a checklist.Descriptive statistics and logistic regression models were applied to investigate potential associations between individual and household characteristics and malaria diagnosis.Results:In 2017,the Paletwa township presented 20.9%positivity and an annual parasite index of 46.9 cases per 1000 people.Plasmodium falciparum was the predominant species and accounted for more than 80.0%of all infections.Among 1045 people presenting at a clinic with malaria symptoms,31.1% were diagnosed with malaria.Predictors for test positivity included living in a hut[adjusted odds ratios(aOR):2.3,95%confidence intervals(CI ):1.2-4.6],owning farm animals(aOR:1.7,95% CI:1.1-3.6),using non-septic type of toilets(aOR:1.9,95%CI:1.1-8.4),presenting with fever(aOR:1.9,95%CI:1.1-3.0),having a malaria episode within the last year(aOR:2.9,95%CI:1.45.8),traveling outside the village in the previous 14 days (aOR:4.5,95%CI:1.5-13.4),and not using bed nets(aOR:3.4,95%CI:2.3-5.1).There were no statistically significant differences by age or gender in this present analysis.Conclusions:The results from this study,including a high proportion of P.falciparum infections,little difference in age,sex,or occupation,suggest that malaria is a major burden for these study villages.Targeted health education campaigns should be introduced to strengthen synchronous diagnosis-seeking behaviors,tighten treatment adheren ce,receiving a diagnosis after traveling to endemic regi ons,and using bed nets properly.We suggest in creased surveillance,early diagnosis,and treatment efforts to control the disease and then to consider the local elimination.展开更多
目的了解中缅边境地区景洪市2019年登革热时空分布特征及传播影响因素。方法收集中缅边境地区景洪市2019年登革热本地病例逐日发病数,将人口密度、人均GDP、日平均气温、日平均相对湿度和日照时数等因素作为协变量,构建基于Power-law算...目的了解中缅边境地区景洪市2019年登革热时空分布特征及传播影响因素。方法收集中缅边境地区景洪市2019年登革热本地病例逐日发病数,将人口密度、人均GDP、日平均气温、日平均相对湿度和日照时数等因素作为协变量,构建基于Power-law算法的时空多成分模型,通过赤池信息量(Akaike information criterion,AIC)来评价模型的拟合效果。结果中缅边境地区景洪市2019年累计报告3303例登革热本地病例,发病率为763.44/10万。将人均GDP纳入时间自相关成分,同时将人口密度、日平均气温、日平均最高气温和日平均相对湿度纳入局部特性成分的时空多成分模型的拟合效果最优(AIC=2317),此时时间自相关成分为0.2151[95%CI:(0.0812,0.5702)]、空间流行成分为0.0004[95%CI:(0.0002,0.0010)]、局部特性成分为3.0152[95%CI:(1.6507,5.5078)]。协变量日平均相对湿度、人口密度、人均GDP、日平均气温、日平均最高气温的作用强度依次为2.8159[95%CI:(0.0216,367.1685)]、1.8227[95%CI:(1.4976,2.2183)]、1.2088[95%CI:(1.0577,1.3816)]、0.3561[95%CI:(0.0119,10.6739)]、0.3104[95%CI:(0.0036,126.5482)]。对发病数>20例的区域分析发现,允景洪街道、西双版纳旅游度假区和景洪工业园区时间自相关成分影响较大,嘎洒镇、勐龙镇和勐罕镇局部特性成分影响较大。结论景洪市不同区域登革热时空构成存在差异性,具有不同的时空传播特征。人均GDP会扩大前期疫情对后期疫情传播的影响,人口密度、日平均气温、日平均最高气温和日平均相对湿度则会影响研究区域登革热本地风险水平。展开更多
Long-term observation of the earth is essential for studying the factors affecting global environmental changes.Digital earth technology can facilitate the monitoring of global environmental change with its ability to...Long-term observation of the earth is essential for studying the factors affecting global environmental changes.Digital earth technology can facilitate the monitoring of global environmental change with its ability to process vast amounts of information.In this study,we map the forest cover change of Myanmar from 2000 to 2005 using a training data automation procedure and support vector machines algorithm.Our results show that Myanmar’s forests have declined 0.68%annually over this six-year period.We validated our derived change results and found the overall accuracy to be greater than 88%.We also assessed forest loss from protected areas,areas close to roads,and areas subject to fire,which were most likely to lose forested area.The results revealed the main reasons for forest losses in some hotspots to be increased agricultural conversion,fire,and the construction of highways.This information is useful for identifying the driving forces behind forest changes and to support environmental policy development in Myanmar.展开更多
目的助力云南省消除疟疾后防止输入再传播工作。为选择或更换适宜的杀虫剂,控制当地媒介按蚊提供科学依据。方法在中缅边境地区云南省沧源县开展传疟媒介中华按蚊对常用杀虫剂抗药性和抗性基因突变调查,选定沧源县勐董镇勐董社区芒勐寨...目的助力云南省消除疟疾后防止输入再传播工作。为选择或更换适宜的杀虫剂,控制当地媒介按蚊提供科学依据。方法在中缅边境地区云南省沧源县开展传疟媒介中华按蚊对常用杀虫剂抗药性和抗性基因突变调查,选定沧源县勐董镇勐董社区芒勐寨旁永和下7组为监测点,使用吸蚊管于试验前夜在现场采集牛圈内的中华按蚊成蚊,带回实验室饲以10%葡萄糖水供试验用。参照《蚊虫抗药性检测方法生物测定法》(GB/T26347-2010),采用成蚊接触筒法开展中华按蚊对常用杀虫剂的抗药性监测调查。测定结束后分别收集死亡(敏感表型)和存活(抗性表型)个体,用无水乙醇保存带回,提取蚊DNA后,开展抗药性靶标kdr(knockdown resistance)、ace-1基因突变检测。结果接触0.05%高效氯氰菊酯、0.05%高效氯氟氰菊酯、0.05%溴氰菊酯、0.1%残杀威、5%马拉硫磷和1%杀螟硫磷后,中华按蚊首只被击倒的时间分别为5 min 34 s、5 min 11 s、6 min 46 s、4 min 30 s、5 min 13 s和3 min 36 s;击倒率分别为17.49%、17.32%、15.44%、29.72%、57.39%和46.82%。其中,中华按蚊对溴氰菊酯首只击倒时间最长,击倒率最低,表明对溴氰菊酯的抗击倒力最强,其次为高效氯氟氰菊酯和高效氯氰菊酯。中华按蚊对马拉硫磷区分剂量死亡率是98.33%,为敏感群体(S),对杀螟硫磷区分剂量死亡率是90%,为初步抗性群体(M),对高效氯氰菊酯、高效氯氟氰菊酯、溴氰菊酯和残杀威区分剂量死亡率均小于80%,为抗性群体(R)。检测接触拟除虫菊酯类杀虫剂的中华按蚊共386只,kdr基因的1014位点全部为L1014野生型,未检测到突变;检测接触有机磷和氨基甲酸酯的中华按蚊113只,仅存在G119S型突变。中华按蚊ace-1的119位点突变与氨基甲酸酯类杀虫剂抗性相关。结论当地传疟媒介中华按蚊对高效氯氰菊酯等拟除虫菊酯类杀虫剂和残杀威已产生较大抗药性,为防止输入性疟疾引起再传播,今后宜选用马拉硫磷等有机磷类或不同类别杀虫剂联合制剂开展媒介控制工作。展开更多
基金This research was financially supported a grant(U19AI089672)from the Nation al Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,National In stitutes of Health,USA.
文摘Background:Despite major reductions in malaria burden across Myanmar,clusters of the disease continue to persist in specific subregions.This study aimed to assess the predictors of test positivity among people living in Paletwa Township of Chin State,an area of persistently high malaria burden.Methods:Four villages with the highest malaria incidence from Paletwa Town ship were purposively selected.The characteristics of 1045 subjects seeking malaria diagnosis from the four assigned village health volunteers from January to December,2018 were retrospectively analyzed.Their household conditions and surroundings were also recorded using a checklist.Descriptive statistics and logistic regression models were applied to investigate potential associations between individual and household characteristics and malaria diagnosis.Results:In 2017,the Paletwa township presented 20.9%positivity and an annual parasite index of 46.9 cases per 1000 people.Plasmodium falciparum was the predominant species and accounted for more than 80.0%of all infections.Among 1045 people presenting at a clinic with malaria symptoms,31.1% were diagnosed with malaria.Predictors for test positivity included living in a hut[adjusted odds ratios(aOR):2.3,95%confidence intervals(CI ):1.2-4.6],owning farm animals(aOR:1.7,95% CI:1.1-3.6),using non-septic type of toilets(aOR:1.9,95%CI:1.1-8.4),presenting with fever(aOR:1.9,95%CI:1.1-3.0),having a malaria episode within the last year(aOR:2.9,95%CI:1.45.8),traveling outside the village in the previous 14 days (aOR:4.5,95%CI:1.5-13.4),and not using bed nets(aOR:3.4,95%CI:2.3-5.1).There were no statistically significant differences by age or gender in this present analysis.Conclusions:The results from this study,including a high proportion of P.falciparum infections,little difference in age,sex,or occupation,suggest that malaria is a major burden for these study villages.Targeted health education campaigns should be introduced to strengthen synchronous diagnosis-seeking behaviors,tighten treatment adheren ce,receiving a diagnosis after traveling to endemic regi ons,and using bed nets properly.We suggest in creased surveillance,early diagnosis,and treatment efforts to control the disease and then to consider the local elimination.
文摘目的了解中缅边境地区景洪市2019年登革热时空分布特征及传播影响因素。方法收集中缅边境地区景洪市2019年登革热本地病例逐日发病数,将人口密度、人均GDP、日平均气温、日平均相对湿度和日照时数等因素作为协变量,构建基于Power-law算法的时空多成分模型,通过赤池信息量(Akaike information criterion,AIC)来评价模型的拟合效果。结果中缅边境地区景洪市2019年累计报告3303例登革热本地病例,发病率为763.44/10万。将人均GDP纳入时间自相关成分,同时将人口密度、日平均气温、日平均最高气温和日平均相对湿度纳入局部特性成分的时空多成分模型的拟合效果最优(AIC=2317),此时时间自相关成分为0.2151[95%CI:(0.0812,0.5702)]、空间流行成分为0.0004[95%CI:(0.0002,0.0010)]、局部特性成分为3.0152[95%CI:(1.6507,5.5078)]。协变量日平均相对湿度、人口密度、人均GDP、日平均气温、日平均最高气温的作用强度依次为2.8159[95%CI:(0.0216,367.1685)]、1.8227[95%CI:(1.4976,2.2183)]、1.2088[95%CI:(1.0577,1.3816)]、0.3561[95%CI:(0.0119,10.6739)]、0.3104[95%CI:(0.0036,126.5482)]。对发病数>20例的区域分析发现,允景洪街道、西双版纳旅游度假区和景洪工业园区时间自相关成分影响较大,嘎洒镇、勐龙镇和勐罕镇局部特性成分影响较大。结论景洪市不同区域登革热时空构成存在差异性,具有不同的时空传播特征。人均GDP会扩大前期疫情对后期疫情传播的影响,人口密度、日平均气温、日平均最高气温和日平均相对湿度则会影响研究区域登革热本地风险水平。
文摘Long-term observation of the earth is essential for studying the factors affecting global environmental changes.Digital earth technology can facilitate the monitoring of global environmental change with its ability to process vast amounts of information.In this study,we map the forest cover change of Myanmar from 2000 to 2005 using a training data automation procedure and support vector machines algorithm.Our results show that Myanmar’s forests have declined 0.68%annually over this six-year period.We validated our derived change results and found the overall accuracy to be greater than 88%.We also assessed forest loss from protected areas,areas close to roads,and areas subject to fire,which were most likely to lose forested area.The results revealed the main reasons for forest losses in some hotspots to be increased agricultural conversion,fire,and the construction of highways.This information is useful for identifying the driving forces behind forest changes and to support environmental policy development in Myanmar.
文摘目的助力云南省消除疟疾后防止输入再传播工作。为选择或更换适宜的杀虫剂,控制当地媒介按蚊提供科学依据。方法在中缅边境地区云南省沧源县开展传疟媒介中华按蚊对常用杀虫剂抗药性和抗性基因突变调查,选定沧源县勐董镇勐董社区芒勐寨旁永和下7组为监测点,使用吸蚊管于试验前夜在现场采集牛圈内的中华按蚊成蚊,带回实验室饲以10%葡萄糖水供试验用。参照《蚊虫抗药性检测方法生物测定法》(GB/T26347-2010),采用成蚊接触筒法开展中华按蚊对常用杀虫剂的抗药性监测调查。测定结束后分别收集死亡(敏感表型)和存活(抗性表型)个体,用无水乙醇保存带回,提取蚊DNA后,开展抗药性靶标kdr(knockdown resistance)、ace-1基因突变检测。结果接触0.05%高效氯氰菊酯、0.05%高效氯氟氰菊酯、0.05%溴氰菊酯、0.1%残杀威、5%马拉硫磷和1%杀螟硫磷后,中华按蚊首只被击倒的时间分别为5 min 34 s、5 min 11 s、6 min 46 s、4 min 30 s、5 min 13 s和3 min 36 s;击倒率分别为17.49%、17.32%、15.44%、29.72%、57.39%和46.82%。其中,中华按蚊对溴氰菊酯首只击倒时间最长,击倒率最低,表明对溴氰菊酯的抗击倒力最强,其次为高效氯氟氰菊酯和高效氯氰菊酯。中华按蚊对马拉硫磷区分剂量死亡率是98.33%,为敏感群体(S),对杀螟硫磷区分剂量死亡率是90%,为初步抗性群体(M),对高效氯氰菊酯、高效氯氟氰菊酯、溴氰菊酯和残杀威区分剂量死亡率均小于80%,为抗性群体(R)。检测接触拟除虫菊酯类杀虫剂的中华按蚊共386只,kdr基因的1014位点全部为L1014野生型,未检测到突变;检测接触有机磷和氨基甲酸酯的中华按蚊113只,仅存在G119S型突变。中华按蚊ace-1的119位点突变与氨基甲酸酯类杀虫剂抗性相关。结论当地传疟媒介中华按蚊对高效氯氰菊酯等拟除虫菊酯类杀虫剂和残杀威已产生较大抗药性,为防止输入性疟疾引起再传播,今后宜选用马拉硫磷等有机磷类或不同类别杀虫剂联合制剂开展媒介控制工作。
