CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2025, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (1): 91-96.doi: 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2025.01.014

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Analysis of notifiable parasitic diseases cases reported to the National Notifiable Infectious Disease Reporting System in Anhui Province from 2013 to 2023

TENG Xuejiao1(), HUANG Hao2, ZHU Jianhui2, ZHONG Chen2, CHEN Chen2, WU Jiabing1, DENG Shu1,*()   

  1. 1 Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
    2 Jingde County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jingde 242600, Anhui, China
  • Received:2024-06-28 Revised:2024-09-22 Online:2025-02-28 Published:2025-03-26
  • Contact: E-mail: ds@ahcdc.com.cn E-mail:txj@ahcdc.com.cn;ds@ahcdc.com.cn
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    Public Health Talent Training Program Sponsored by the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the notifiable parasitic diseases reported to the National Notifiable Infectious Disease Reporting System (NNIDRS) in Anhui Province from 2013 to 2023, and to analyze their epidemiological characteristics. Methods The demographic and clinical characteristics of cases with six notifiable parasitic diseases, including amoebic dysentery, schistosomiasis, malaria, visceral leishmaniasis, echinococcosis, and filariasis, and with current address in Anhui Province during the period from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2023, were captured from the China Information System for Disease Control and Prevention. The temporal, spatial and population distributions of reported cases with six notifiable parasitic diseases, and the proportion of timely case reporting were analyzed with a descriptive epidemiological method, and the interval between disease diagnosis and case reporting to the NNIDRS was compared among groups with chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test, and Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Results A total of 25 699 cases with notifiable parasitic disease were reported in Anhui Province from 2013 to 2023, including 24 536 cases with schistosomiasis, 1 072 cases with malaria, 50 cases with amoebic dysentery, 6 cases with visceral leishmaniasis, 35 cases with echinococcosis, and no cases with filariasis were reported. The average annual incidence of notifiable parasitic diseases was 3.79/100 000 in Anhui Province from 2013 to 2023, and the annual incidence appeared an overall tendency towards a decline during the 11-year period. The incidence of notifiable parasitic diseases was higher among men (4.26/100 000) than among women (3.32/100 000) (χ2 = 398.302, P < 0.05), and there were 60.96% (15 667/25 699) of cases with ages of 40 to 59 years. Farmer was the predominant occupation (92.70%, 23 824/25 699), and the incidence of notifiable parasitic diseases peaked during the period from June to November (76.26%, 19 598/25 699). The highest proportion of schistosomiasis cases was found in Anqing City (32.18%, 7 896/24 536), and the greatest proportion of malaria cases was recorded in Hefei City (52.15%, 559/1 072). The median interval between disease diagnosis and case reporting to the NNIDRS was 4.61 h, and the lowest percentage of timely case reporting was seen for echinococcosis (97.14%, 34/35). In addition, there were significant differences in the interval between disease diagnosis and case reporting (H = 26.559, P < 0.05) and the percentage of timely case reporting in terms of types of notifiable parasitic disease (χ2 = 17.204, P < 0.05). Conclusion The prevalence of notifiable parasitic diseases was low in Anhui Province from 2013 to 2023, with middle-aged and elderly male farmers as high-prevalence populations. In addition, there was a region-specific incidence rate of notifiable parasitic diseases, and the proportion of echinococcosis cases reporting to the NNIDRS was low.

Key words: Notifiable parasitic disease, Network reporting system, Epidemiological characteristic, Anhui Province

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