Seropositive Rate and Associated Factors of Schistosomiasis in Hunan Province, China: A Three-Year Cross-Sectional Survey

• Published in: Acta parasitologica Vol. 70; no. 3; p. 94
• Main Authors: Xu, Lingqi, Zhou, Yu, Tang, Ling, Hu, Benjiao, Zhu, Liyun, Gong, Yanfeng, Shi, Liang, Huang, Junhui, Wang, Jiamin, Xu, Ning, Chen, Yue, Jiang, Qingwu, Zheng, Mao, Zhou, Yibiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Aged; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Animals; Antibodies, Helminth - blood; At risk populations; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Chi-square test; Child; Child, Preschool; China - epidemiology; Clustering; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease transmission; Drinking water; Ecology; Education; Epidemiology; Female; Hemagglutination Tests; Humans; Indirect hemagglutination; Infant; Lakes; Male; Medical Microbiology; Microbiology; Middle Aged; Parameter estimation; Parasitology; Populations; Prevalence; Public health; Risk Factors; Sanitation; Schistosomiasis; Schistosomiasis - epidemiology; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Spatial analysis; Spatial distribution; Toilets; Young Adult; China; Dongting Lake; Hunan China; Schistosomiasis; Associated factors; Spatial distribution; Population distribution; Epidemiology

Introduction China’s Hunan Province, known for its extensive lake and marshland areas, continues to face considerable challenges in eliminating schistosomiasis. This study aims to examine the epidemiological characteristics of schistosomiasis in the province, focusing on seropositive rates across va...