[Investigation on current situation of advanced schistosomiasis in Tongcheng City, Anhui Province].
This paper describes the investigation on the current situation and characteristics of advanced schistosomiasis in Tongcheng City, Anhui Province. There were 205 cases of advanced schistosomiasis with the estimated prevalence of 0.027% in the city. Most of advance schistosomiasis patients (67.32%) distributed in schistosomiasis transmission interrupted areas, 97.07% of them were over 50 years old, 95.61% of them were illiteracy and persons with low education level (primary school education), and 92.20% of them received anti-schistosomiasis treatment.
Tongcheng Schistosomiasis Control Station in Tongcheng City, Anhui Province, Tongcheng City 231400, China.
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Jiang
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Qiang
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D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission