CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2017, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (6): 542-548.

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Endemic situation at schistosomiasis surveillance sites in China in 2016

Jia-ning JIN, Hui DANG, Li-juan ZHANG, Ying-jun QIAN, Shan LV, Shi-zhu LI, Xiao-nong ZHOU, Jun-ling SUN, Jing XU*()   

  1. National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention WHO Collaborating Centre 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:2017-08-04 Online:2017-12-30 Published:2018-01-10
  • Contact: Jing XU E-mail:xfmjing@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the Fourth Round of Three-year Action Plan in Public Health of Shanghai(No.15GWZK0101);National Key Research and Development Project(No.2016YFC1202000, No.2016YFC1202001);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81301454)

Abstract:

Objective To analyze the endemic situation at the schistosomiasis surveillance sites in China in 2016, in order to provide scientific basis for evaluation of schistosomiasis control effect.Methods According to the National Schistosomiasis Surveillance Programme (version 2014), 454 national surveillance sites were selected in counties (cities or districts) with schistosomiasis prevalence and potential counties (cities or districts) with prevalence.Infections in residents, floating populations, domestic animals and Oncomelania snails were monitored and analyzed in four types of endemic counties.Results A total of 129 971 residents received indirect hemagglutination(IHA) test in 2016, of whom 3 852 showed positive results.Of them 3 801 received etiological test, 21(19 found in Hunan Province and 2 found in Jiangxi Province) showed infections in fecal samples, with an infection rate of 0.02% (21/129 971).Serological examination was also performed in 97 474 persons of the floating population, and 980 showed positive results.Of them 953 received etiological test, 9 (8 found in Zhejiang Province and 1 found in Hunan Province, all were imported cases) showed infections in fecal samples, with an infection rate of 0.01%(9/97 474).No acute schistosomiasis was reported in any surveillance site.In addition, 12 769 cattle received examinations and only 1 was positive for infection, with a cattle infection rate of 0.007 8%.The snail survey covered an area of 22 371.69 hm2 (1 hm2 = 10 000 m2) and snails were found in an area of 6 999.57 hm2, including a newly detected area of 136.77 hm2 distributed in Shanghai and Anhui Province.Snail re-emergence was detected in a total area of 125.22 hm2 in provinces other than Hunan, Hubei and Guangdong Provinces, but no schistosome infection was found in them.Conclusions There was a stable endemic situation in China in 2016.However, in some provinces snails still appeared for the first time or re-emergence was detected.

Key words: Schistosomiasis, Surveillance, Infection rate, Snail, Elimination

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