CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2024, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (1): 1-7.doi: 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2024.01.001

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Epidemic status and key tasks for the control and elimination of key parasitic diseases in China

WANG Qiang(), XU Jing, XIA Zhigui, HAN Shuai, ZHANG Yi, QIAN Menbao, LI Shizhu, ZHOU Xiaonong*()   

  1. ational Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases; Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Received:2024-01-19 Revised:2024-01-30 Online:2024-02-28 Published:2024-03-12
  • Contact: *E-mail: zhouxn@nipd.chinacdc.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Key Research and Development Program(2021YFC2300800);National Key Research and Development Program(2021YFC2300804)

Abstract:

After more than 70 years of effective control programme, China has made remarkable achievements in the control of key parasitic diseases, and is moving towards the goal of control and elimination. This paper analyzes the epidemic status and challenges of schistosomiasis, malaria, echinococcosis, leishmaniasis, clonorchiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in recent years, and puts forward the future directions and key tasks of those diseases, in order to provide reference for accelerating the control and elimination programmes on key parasitic diseases in China.

Key words: Parasitic diseases, Epidemic status, Control, Elimination

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