title: [Effect of cultivation for snail control on schistosomiasis in Changsha urban section of Xiangjiang River].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study a reliable, friendly environmental and sustainable Oncomelania snail control method in marshlands of the Xiangjiang River.
  
  
  METHODS
  According to the special characteristics of the marshlands of the Xiangjiang River, smoothing and cultivating in beaches were applied for snail control. In sections with scarce distribution of snails, lowering parts of 4.4 beaches and raising other parts were added.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Since 2003, the project has been practiced for 8 years. The average snail density declined by 99.83% with the simple smoothing beaches and then cultivation there. The average snail density declined by 100% with lowering parts of beaches and raising other parts and then cultivation. The schistosome infection rate was 0.31% with a declined rate of 93.84% in residents in 2006. The schistosome infection rate was 1.03% in 2010. The test result of water contamination was negative.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The method of simple smoothing beaches and then cultivation can control the density of snails in marshlands and the method of lowering parts of beaches and raising other parts and then cultivation is more effective.
authors.affiliation: Changsha Municipal Health Bureau, Hunan Province, Changsha 410013, China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Ming-Zhang
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiao-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Fa-Ming
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yan-Chang
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Zhi-Bin
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Da-Ming
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Zhan-Xin
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xue-Fei
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Shang-Jiong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Zhuo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D010571:Pest Control / Q000379:methods*; D045483:Rivers / Q000469:parasitology*; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D012554:Schistosomiasis japonica / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012908:Snails / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000469:parasitology; D014504:Urban Health