Dye-Braumuller Kyndall C, Kanyangarara Mufaro
Laboratory of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC USA.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC USA.
Curr Trop Med Rep. 2021;8(1):43-51. doi: 10.1007/s40475-020-00224-z. Epub 2021 Jan 14.
Malaria poses a threat to nearly half of the world's population, and recent literature in the USA is lacking regarding understanding risk for local outbreaks. This article aims to review mosquito data, vector-borne disease outbreak preparedness, and human travel data from large international gateway cities in an effort to examine risk for localized outbreaks.
The majority of vector control organizations are widely unprepared for a vector-borne disease outbreak, and multiple mosquito species capable of transmitting malaria continue to persist throughout the USA.
Despite the lack of recent autochthonous cases in the USA, multiple risk factors suggest that local malaria outbreaks in the USA will continue to pose a public health threat due to large numbers of international travelers from endemic areas, multiple spp. capable of transmitting the parasite, and unsatisfactory vector-borne disease outbreak preparedness. Climate conditions and recent changes in travel patterns will influence malaria across the globe.
疟疾对全球近一半人口构成威胁，而美国近期缺乏关于本地疫情风险认知的文献。本文旨在回顾大型国际枢纽城市的蚊虫数据、病媒传播疾病疫情防范情况及人类旅行数据，以研究局部疫情风险。
大多数病媒控制组织对病媒传播疾病疫情广泛缺乏准备，且多种能够传播疟疾的蚊虫在美国持续存在。
尽管美国近期没有本土病例，但由于来自流行地区的大量国际旅行者、多种能够传播疟原虫的物种以及病媒传播疾病疫情防范工作不尽人意，多种风险因素表明美国本地疟疾疫情将继续构成公共卫生威胁。气候条件和近期旅行模式的变化将影响全球疟疾情况。
