title: [Effect evaluation of comprehensive control of schistosomiasis in Dantu District, Zhenjiang City].
abstract: Since the project of comprehensive control of schistosomiasis was carried out in Dantu District, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, the infection rate of residents decreased from 0.083% in 2005 to 0 in 2010. After 2007, the number of acute schistosomiasis patients was 0, and the infection rate of livestock was 0. The areas with infected Oncomelania snails and average density of infected snails significantly decreased year by year, and none infected snail was discovered since 2010. In 2010, Dantu District achieved the national criteria for schistosomiasis transmission control, and the epidemic situation was effectively controlled.
authors.affiliation: Zhenjiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhenjiang 212000, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Xue-Hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Xiao-Juan
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology; D013997:Time Factors