Elimination of schistosomiasis in China: Current status and future prospects

Elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem among all disease-endemic countries in 2030 is an ambitious goal. Recent achievements resulting from mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel is promising but may need to be complemented with also other means. Schistosomiasis was high...

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Published inPLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 15; no. 8; p. e0009578
Main Authors Wang, Wei, Bergquist, Robert, King, Charles H, Yang, Kun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Public Library of Science 01.08.2021
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects
Animals
Biology and Life Sciences
China - epidemiology
Control
Countries
Disease Eradication
Endemic diseases
Forecasts and trends
Health surveillance
Humans
Infections
Mass Drug Administration
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mollusks
Parasitic diseases
People and Places
Politics
Praziquantel
Praziquantel - administration & dosage
Public Health
Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis - epidemiology
Schistosomiasis - prevention & control
Snails
Social Sciences
Statistics
Success
Tropical diseases
Viewpoints
Zoonoses
China
Yangtze River
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Summary:Elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem among all disease-endemic countries in 2030 is an ambitious goal. Recent achievements resulting from mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel is promising but may need to be complemented with also other means. Schistosomiasis was highly prevalent in China before the initiation of the national schistosomiasis control program in the mid-1950s, and, at that time, the country bore the world's highest burden of schistosomiasis. The concerted control efforts, upheld without interruption for more than a half century, have resulted in elimination of the disease as a public health problem in China as of 2015. Here, we describe the current status of schistosomiasis in China, analyze the potential challenges affecting schistosomiasis elimination, and propose the future research needs and priorities for the country, aiming to provide more universal insights into the structures needed for a global schistosomiasis elimination encompassing also other endemic regions.
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:1935-2735
1935-2727
1935-2735
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009578