A restrospective study on epidemiological characteristics of malaria and malaria was conducted in Huong Hoa, a district in Viet Nam-Laos border area of Quang Tri province, where malaria is hyper-endemic. The study results showed that: In comparison with 2006, total number of malaria cases and number of confirmed cases in 2010 were reduced by 48.5 percent and 22.8 percent respectively
the annual malaria morbidity was still high and ranged between 9.9 and 22.5 per 1,000 population
two malaria species, P. falciparum and P. vivax were found in the study site of which P. falciparum accounted for over 88 percent
two main malaria vectors, Anminimus and Andirus, were present in the study site
the number of malaria cases was not evenly distributed among communes of the district, the communes in border area had higher malaria incidence than the others
malaria in the study site is clearly seasonal with higher number of malaria cases found from June to October annually, corresponding to the rainy season Every year, there was a large number of Laos People came to district for malaria consultation with more than 16 percent of the total malaria cases detected and treated in the district were Laotians.