CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2019, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (4): 395-398.doi: 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2019.04.004

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China’s control process of soil-transmitted helminth infections from pandemic to low-endemic levels

Ying-dan CHEN(), Ji-lei HUANG, Hui-hui ZHU, Ting-jun ZHU, Men-bao QIAN, Shi-zhu LI, Xiao-nong ZHOU, Mi-zhen ZHANG, Chang-hai ZHOU*()   

  1. National Institute of Parasitic Diseases,Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention;Chinese Center for Tropical Disease Research;WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases;National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology;Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Received:2019-07-31 Online:2019-08-30 Published:2019-09-05
  • Contact: Chang-hai ZHOU E-mail:chenyd@nipd.chinacdc.cn;zhouch@chinacdc.cn

Abstract:

This paper retrospectively reviewed the great achievements in the control of soil-transmitted nematode (STN) infections nationwide since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Based on the data of three national surveys including the 1st survey for the distribution of human parasitic diseases during 1988-1992, the 2nd survey for the status of human parasitic diseases during 2001-2004 and the 3rd survey of major human parasitic disease during 2014-2016, the infection rate of STNs has decreased dramatically from pandemic to the low-endemic levels after a few decades’ efforts. The role of the adopted control strategies and measures associated to the effective control of STN infections was discussed and the further measures to maintain the control was proposed.

Key words: Soil-borne helminth, Infection rate, Control process

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