title: [Report of analysis of National Technique Competition for Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases in 2011--II Analysis of capabilities of Plasmodium detection].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the results of the National Technique Competition for Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases in 2011, so as to understand the capability of detection on Plasmodium among professionals from institutes for disease control and prevention at different levels.
  
  
  METHODS
  All the contestants were grouped by the gender, age, professional title, level of institution, epidemic degree of malaria of provinces, coverage status of the project of the global fund to fight malaria, and geographical location of the provinces, and their scores were statistically analyzed by SPSS 17.0 software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significantly differences among the scores grouped by the different genders, ages, professional titles, and levels of institution (all P > 0.05). However, there were significantly differences among the scores grouped by the different epidemic degrees of malaria of the province, coverage statuses of the project of the global fund to fight malaria, and geographical locations of the province (all P < 0.05). For the contestants who came from the provinces with malaria epidemic counties of Class I and Class II types, provinces covered by the project of the global fund to fight malaria, and provinces located in the south, their scores of blood slides making and films reading under a microscope were significantly higher than those of the contestants from the provinces without epidemic counties of Class I and II types, not covered by the project of the global fund, and provinces located in the north, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The overall level of the capabilities of detection on Plasmodium is imbalanced, and the capability of films reading under a microscope is especially low. It is urgent to promote the personnel training and strengthen the capability of pathogenic detection of parasitic diseases.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Center for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Shi-Zhu
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Shao-Sen
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhi-Gui
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Shui-Sen
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Zhao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Li-Ying
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiao-Nong
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D016591:Histocytological Preparation Techniques / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011361:Professional Competence; D055815:Young Adult