Investigation on endemic situation of schistosomiasis in infection-controlled regions in Anhui Province

• Published in: Zhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi Vol. 27; no. 4; p. 390
• Main Authors: He, Jia-chang, Zhang, Shi-qing, Wang, Tian-ping, Zhu, Liang-qiang, Zhang, Gong-hua, Wang, Hao, Gao, Feng-hua, Yang, Wei-ping, Cao, Jin-rong, Yin, Xiao-mei, Liu, Yi-ping, Zhou, Li, Zhang, Le-sheng, Wang, Feng-feng, Hu, Ming-chuang, Si, Wu-min, Ding, Song-jun, Xu, Xiao-juan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Animals; Child; China - epidemiology; Endemic Diseases - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Middle Aged; Schistosomiasis - epidemiology; Schistosomiasis - prevention & control; Snails - parasitology; China
• ISSN: 1005-6661
• DOI: 10.16250/j.32.1374.2015027

To understand the epidemic situation of schistosomiasis in 27 counties (cities, districts) that reached the criteria of schistosomiasis infection controlled in Anhui Province. According to the requirement of The National Assessment Scheme of Schistosomiasis, 81 administrative villages where the schistosomiasis epidemic situation was relatively heaver in above-mentioned 27 counties (1 village per town, 3 towns per county) were sampled and investigated. From 2012 to 2014, 81 villages were investigated, and 34,293 residents received the serum examinations, and 1,086 were positive with a positive rate of 3.17% (0.65%-9.58%), and the positives received stool examinations and the average stool positive rate was 0.37% (0-4.0%). The calculated prevalence of human infection was 0.01%. A total of 3 057 domestic animals were investigated including 438 cattle, 2,550 sheep, and 69 other animals, and no infections were detected. A total of 11,261 living Oncomelania hupensis snails were collected and detected, but no schist