Table 1. Imported infectious diseases in mainland China, 2005–2016*.
| Disease | Indigenous cases | Imported cases | Total cases | Imported cases, % | Main reporting provinces/cities | Main location(s) of acquisition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaria | ||||||
| Plasmodium vivax | 149,675 | 10,506 | 160,181 | 6.6 | Yunnan | Asia (Myanmar) |
| P. falciparum | 8,080 | 14,896 | 22,976 | 64.8 | Yunnan, Guangxi | Asia (Myanmar), Africa (Ghana) |
| Undetermined species | 29,929 | 2,095 | 32,024 | 6.5 | NA | NA |
| Subtotal |
187,684 |
27,497 |
215,181 |
8.1 |
NA |
NA |
| Dengue fever | 58,602 | 3,351 | 61,953 | 5.4 | Yunnan | Asia (Myanmar) |
| Influenza A(H1N1) | 75,924 | 773 | 76,697 | 1.0 | Beijing, Guangdong | Asia, USA |
| Chikungunya | 244 | 18 | 262 | 6.9 | Guangdong, Zhejiang | Angola, Philippines |
| Lyme disease | 162 | 2 | 164 | 1.2 | Beijing | Germany |
| EHF | 44,682 | 7 | 44,689 | 0.0 | NA | NA |
| Scrub typhus | 68,841 | 7 | 68,848 | 0.0 | Hubei | Thailand |
| VL | 1,317 | 14 | 1,331 | 1.1 | Hubei, Sichuan | Afghanistan, Spain |
| JE | 5,656 | 17 | 5,673 | 0.3 | NA | NA |
| AFP | 27,056 | 2 | 27,058 | 0.0 | NA | NA |
| Loiasis | 0 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | Beijing, Shandong, Hubei | Cameroon, Congo, Gabon |
| EHEC | 4 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | Jiangsu | Thailand |
| CCHF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | Beijing | Congo |
| Schistosomiasis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | Beijing | Nigeria |
| MERS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | Guangdong | South Korea |
| Yellow fever | 0 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | Fujian | Africa (Angola) |
| Zika virus |
0 |
24 |
24 |
100.0 |
Guangdong |
South America (Venezuela) |
| Total | 470,172 | 31,740 | 501,911 | 6.3 |
*AFP, acute flaccid paralysis; CCHF, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever; EHEC, Escherichia coli O157:H7; EHF, epidemic hemorrhagic fever; JE, Japanese encephalitis; MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome; NA, not applicable; VL, visceral leishmaniasis