[Surveillance on schistosomiasis of boat fishermen along Yangtze River in Nantong City from 2006 to 2010].
OBJECTIVE
To discover the imported infection sources of schistosomiasis as early as possible.


METHODS
Boat fishermen were screened with DDIA and the positive ones were tested by the hatching method or Kato-Katz technique.


RESULTS
From 2006 to 2010, 2 951 boat fishermen along the Yangtze River in Nantong City were tested with DDIA for schistosomiasis and 17 positive cases were found, while 1 case was positive in the feces examination. The person was confirmed as acute schistosomiasis by both clinical laboratory and epidemiology survey, and the patient was cured after the treatment in hospital.


CONCLUSIONS
The surveillance on schistosomiasis of boat fishermen along the Yangtze River could consolidate the achievement of schistosomiasis control in transmission interrupted area.
Nantong Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Province, Nantong 226007, China.
Gui-Sheng
GS
Ding
D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D045483:Rivers; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*