[Measures and effects of schistosomiasis elimination in Wujin District, Changzhou City]
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Published on: July 29, 2020
Lu Yi-Li1, Wang Yun-Hua1, Xuan Xiao-Ju1
1Wujin District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, 213000, China.
Objective:
To understand the measures and effects of schistosomiasis elimination in Wujin District, Changzhou City, so as to provide the reference for other similar areas.
Methods:
The data of schistosomiasis prevention and control were collected and analyzed in Wujin District, Changzhou City from 1995 to 2015.
Results:
From 1995 to 2015, the accumulated area for investigating Oncomelania hupensis snail habitats was 15 934.01 hm2 in Wujin District, and the accumulated area with snail habitats was 34.61 hm2, but no schistosome-infected snails were found. The area of snail control by molluscicides was 234.59 hm2, and the area of snail control by environmental reform was 84.48 hm2 in 18 key points. There were 259.3 thousand person-times receiving the examinations for schistosomiasis, and there were 17 314 head of livestock receiving the examinations for schistosomiasis, but no schistosome-infected cases were found. There were 204 2 person-times receiving the extensive chemotherapy. The popularizing rate of sanitary toilets was 99.25% in the whole district. The awareness rate of schistosomiasis control knowledge was 98.08% and the formation rate of proper behaviors was 97.82% in the population.
Conclusions:
In Wujin District, the aim of schistosomiasis elimination has been performed through the active control measures. However, there are still social and natural risk factors of re-endemic of schistosomiasis, and therefore, the schistosomiasis monitoring work still should be strengthened.
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