Surveillance with sentinel mice in key water areas of schistosomiasis endemic regions in Yunnan Province, 2015

• Published in: Zhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi Vol. 29; no. 2; p. 209
• Main Authors: Mei-Fen, Shen, Xi-Guang, Feng, Yun, Zhang, Ming-Shou, Wu, Meng-Tao, Xiong, Jing, Song
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 26.08.2016
• Subjects: Schistosomiasis; Infested water; Surveillance; Yunnan Province; Sentinel mouse
• ISSN: 1005-6661
• DOI: 10.16250/j.32.1374.2016123

To carry out the surveillance with sentinel mice in the key water areas of schistosomiasis endemic regions in Yunnan Province, so as to establish and perfect the surveillance and forecast system of schistosomiasis. Six villages of three counties with schistosomiasis heavy endemic status were selected as the survey points. Then, the surveillance and forecast with the sentinel mice were carried out in the key water areas in the survey points. The recovered sentinel mice were dissected in laboratory, and their serum antibodies against schistosome were detected. Meanwhile, the suspicious infested water contacts of the residents and livestock in the surveillance sites were investigated, and the endemic data of schistosomiasis in the survey points in recent 3 years were collected and analyzed. Totally 282 sentinel mice were placed in the water area, 252 were recovered, with a recovery rate of 90.78%, and 8 mice were dead, with a mortality rate of 3.13%. The number of mice with schistosome egg granuloma and adult wo