title: [Effect of ecological civilized homestead construction on schistosomiasis control].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of Ecological Civilized Homestead Construction on schistosomiasis control.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data of ecological civilized homestead construction and schistosomiasis control were collected and analyzed in Meiwan Village, Shuangqiao Town, Danling County, Sichuan Province from 2004 to 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ecological Civilized Homestead Construction was carried out from 2004 to 2010. Totally 454 bio-gas pools were built. All the farmers used well water. The popularized rates of the household bio-gas pool, sanitary toilet, sewage treatment pool reached 100%. The number of cattle was 4, which decreased by 91.30% compared with that in 2004, and all the cattle were fed in captivity. The schistosome infection rates of populations were 0.26% and 0.30% in 2005 and 2008, respectively, and nobody was infected in other years. The infection rate of cattle was 0 from 2004 to 2010. The awareness rate of knowledge about schistosomiasis control achieved 100% in the population over 6 years old. Most of the farmers could use certain protective measures while they were farming.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The effect of ecological civilized homestead construction on schistosomiasis control is remarkable.
authors.affiliation: Danling County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Sichuan Province, Danling 620200, China.
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Tie-Wu
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Zi-Song
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Han-Gang
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Dong-Chuan
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: You-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D004463:Ecology; D006801:Humans; D012554:Schistosomiasis japonica / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control*