Prevalence of Spirometra mansoni infections in hosts in Jiangsu Province

To investigate the prevalence of infections in hosts in Jiangsu Province, so as to provide the scientific basis for the management of sparganosis mansoni. From 2018 to 2019, nine counties (cities, districts) were randomly selected from Jiangsu Province as the survey sites, and 100 healthy individual...

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Published inZhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi Vol. 33; no. 6; p. 636
Main Authors Tong, D S, Tang, X S, Zhang, Y, Hou, R, Zang, C Z, Guan, X J, Xu, X Y, Liang, Y S
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 12.01.2021
Subjects
Animals
Cats
Cities
Dogs
Prevalence
Sparganosis - diagnosis
Sparganosis - epidemiology
Spirometra
Cities
Jiangsu Province
Sparganosis mansoni
Host
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Summary:To investigate the prevalence of infections in hosts in Jiangsu Province, so as to provide the scientific basis for the management of sparganosis mansoni. From 2018 to 2019, nine counties (cities, districts) were randomly selected from Jiangsu Province as the survey sites, and 100 healthy individuals were randomly selected to perform the serological test of infections and the detection of eggs. The procercoids were detected in the intermediate host , and the eggs were identified in the stool samples of the definitive hosts cats and dogs. The prevalence of human infections was 0 (0/900) in the 9 survey sites of Jiangsu Province, and the sero-prevalence of the specific IgG antibody against was 1.22% (11/900). The positive rate of procercoids was 0.33% (3/900) in . In addition, the egg-positive rate was 1.48% (2/135) in cats and dogs. Sparganosis mansoni is prevalent in Jiangsu Province. Health education pertaining to the damages of sparganosis mansoni and the route of infections should be improved.
ISSN:1005-6661
DOI:10.16250/j.32.1374.2020212