title: [Investigation on Schistosoma japonicum infection in rodents in Yunnan Province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the role of rodents in the transmission of schistosomiasis in endemic areas in Yunnan Province.
  
  
  METHODS
  Kato-Katz method was used to study the infection rate of rodents, humans and domestic animals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The infection rate was 0.9% (32/3,411) for rodents, 15.6% (461/2,964) for humans, and 9.6% (239/2,482), for domestic animals. The EPG(mean) was 5.8 for rodents, 1.8 for humans, 0.1 for cattle, 0.1 for horses and 0.02 for pigs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The rodents played a minor role in the transmission of schistosomiasis in the plateau area of Yunnan province.
authors.affiliation: Control and Research Institute of Epidemic Diseases of Yunnan Province, Dali 671000.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000469:parasitology; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology*; D012554:Schistosomiasis japonica / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary; D013552:Swine