›› 2008, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (3): 16-238.

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Preliminary Evaluation on the Transmission Potential of Visceral Leishmaniasis after Earthquake in Wenchuan

WANG Qiang1，LI Shi-zhu1，QIAN Ying-jun1，WANG Jun-yun1，WU Wei-ping1，WANG Rong-rong2，WANG Li-ying2，ZHOU Xiao-nong1*
   

  1. 1 National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasitis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China；2 ?壮he Bureau of Disease Control，Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China，Beijing 100040，China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2008-06-30 Published:2008-06-30

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Abstract: Data of visceral leishmaniasis cases since 2005 were collected through the National Infectious Disease Monitoring System. Number of reported cases in 2005, 2006, 2007 and January to June in 2008 was 59, 49, 77 and 30 in Sichuan Province, and 92, 106, 162 and 83 respectively in Gansu Province. With an increase of the number of stray dogs and susceptible human population, damage of the medical services including diagnosis and treatment capacity after the earthquake, there might be a strengthened transmission potential and possible spread of the disease.

Key words: Earthquake, Visceral leishmaniasis, Transmission potential, Evaluation