Abstract. The rise of artemisinin resistant Plasmodium falciparum along the
Thai-Cambodian border is an urgent public health threat. We conducted an
employer-based survey of migrant workers in two provinces in Thailand along
the Thai-Cambodian border to explore socio-economic conditions, bednet ownership, and parasite prevalence among migrant workers. Five thousand three
hundred seventy-one migrant workers were enrolled in this study; 56.9% were
male. Cambodians comprised 69.0%, migrants from Myanmar comprised 20.7%
and Mon and Laotian comprised 10.3%. Short term (