Treatment-seeking behaviours of malaria patients versus non-malaria febrile patients along China-Myanmar border

• Published in: Malaria journal Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 1 - 13
• Main Authors: Xu, Jian-Wei, Deng, Dao-Wei, Wei, Chun, Zhou, Xing-Wu, Li, Jian-Xiong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 14.10.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; China-Myanmar border; Citizenship; Communication; Control; Disease control; Disease transmission; Fever; Health behavior; Health facilities; Human diseases; Identification and classification; Laboratories; Laboratory tests; Laboratory-based diagnosis; Malaria; Microscopy; Plasmodium falciparum; Prevention; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Risk factors; Rural areas; Statistical analysis; Treatment-seeking behaviour; Urban areas; Vector-borne diseases; Myanmar; China; Tibet; Myanmar (Burma)

Background Appropriate malaria treatment-seeking behaviour (TSB) is critical for timely detecting malaria, prompt treatment, and prevention of onward transmission of the disease in a community. This study aimed to compare treatment-seeking behaviours between malaria patients and non-malaria febrile...