title: [Environmental distribution and disposal measures of infected Oncomelania snails in Jingzhou City].
abstract: A survey of Oncomelania snail distribution was carried out with the systematic sampling method in combination with the environmental sampling method. A questionnaire survey was performed to find out the sites where stool examination-positive patients were infected. The results showed that there were 1 721 infected snail spots in Jingzhou City. Most of infected snail spots (94.1%) were only 500 m far away from the nearest residential areas from 2004 to 2010. About 97% of patients considered that the sites where they were infected with schistosome were only 400 meters far away from their residential areas. In conclusion, the survey with a questionnaire method in patients with positive stool examinations can quickly identify the environments with infected snails.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Schistosomiasis Prevention and Control, Jingzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hubei Province, Jingzhou 434000, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Wu
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Hua-Zhong
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jia-Song
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xian-Bing
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Rong
authors.forename: Liang-Cai
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Hua-Ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012554:Schistosomiasis japonica / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid