Improved efficiency of the parasitic disease diagnostic laboratory network: practices and reflections from Sichuan Province

doi:10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2025.06.016

Abstract

Abstract:

As the management of major parasitic diseases gradually stepped into elimination and consolidation phases in China, the laboratory-based surveillance system encounters a strategic need of transforming from case identification to validation of transmission interruption and early warning of a risk of imported cases. Using the construction of the parasitic disease diagnostic laboratory network in Sichuan Province as a case, this paper summarizes the exploratory experience in achieving province-wide coverage of the province-level reference laboratories, building a tiered network architecture, and ensuring the quality of surveillance data, analyzes the main bottlenecks that constrain improvements in network effectiveness under the new circumstances and proposes a systemic development pathway through four dimensions, including network coordination, quality control assurance, technological innovation, and data empowerment. Practices from Sichuan Province demonstrate that promoting the transformation of the laboratory network from a single-disease control tool into a comprehensive, regional public health resource is a critical support to the scientific elimination and long-acting consolidation of parasitic diseases, which provides a reference development path in similar regions.

Key words: Parasitic diseases, Sichuan Province, Laboratory network

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SHANG Jingye, ZHANG Zhongshuang, DENG Xiu, GONG Xi, LI Rongzhi, WU Zisong, QIN Zhiqiang, KANG Dianju, ZHONG Bo, LI Shizhu, LIU Yang. Improved efficiency of the parasitic disease diagnostic laboratory network: practices and reflections from Sichuan Province[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES, 2025, 43(6): 855-861.

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