title: [Literature analysis of schistosomiasis control in Poyang Lake region].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the methods and effects of schistosomiasis control in Poyang Lake region of Jiangxi Province.
  
  
  METHODS
  The related literature in Chinese Biomedical Database and PubMed Database was searched and selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The methods of bibliometrics and Meta analysis were performed to analyze the literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 91 papers were selected and analyzed, among which 19 papers related to control effects of chemotherapy, 17 referred to epidemiological survey and strategy report, and 14 related to health education research. The Meta analysis on preventive effect of artemether showed a RR value of 0.07, with the 95% confidence interval of 0.03-0.15. There was no significant difference between the control effect of selective chemotherapy and mass chemotherapy, while the cost of a reduction of 1% of the infection rate of the former was only 63.67% of the latter. The effect of health education among students and female residents was remarkable, by which the contact rate of infested water of students dropped to 0.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are various methods for schistosomiasis control in Poyang Lake region of Jiangxi Province and their effects are obvious. It is necessary to put emphasis on the studies of integrated control measures, and to improve the quality of research design.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacology Department of Jiujiang University, Jiujiang 332000, China.
authors.forename: Ai-Jun
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012423:Rural Health; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*