According to the Thai Ministry of Public
Health (2003), the Thai-Myanmar border
area accounts for the highest number of reported
non-Thai malaria cases; in 2006, 91%
of these cases were reported from this area
(Bureau of Vector-Borne Disease, 2007). Despite
the high proportion of migrants among
malaria patients, studies of this group exploring
socio-economic and environmental
factors, as well as knowledge and preventive
behavior in this group of people are seldom
published in the international literature.
Achievement of malaria prevention and
control among migrants relies on precise information.
The present study retrospectively
examines risk factors for self-reported malaria
among migrants along the Thai-
Myanmar border.