›› 2013, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 13-57-59.

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Rapid Risk Assessment on the Import of American Trypanosomiasis to China

QIAN Ying-jun, LI Shi-zhu, WANG Qiang, ZHANG Li, LIU Wei, CHEN Jia-xu, WANG Jun-yun, XIAO Ning, ZHOU Xiao-nong*   

  1. National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parastie and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health; WHO Collaborating Centre for malaria, schistosomiasis and filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Online:2013-02-28 Published:2013-04-23

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Abstract: American trypanosomiasis, as one of the “neglected tropical diseases”, is a zoonosis induced by Trypanosoma cruzi. It is endemic in 18 countries in the Central and South America, especially in rural areas. A rapid risk assessment was carried out to analyze the potential threat of imported cases to China, which would provide information to policy makers in health authorities.

Key words: American trypanosomiasis, Imported disease, Risk assessment, Risk matrix