title: [Assessment of schistosomiasis transmission interruption in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess whether Beichuan County reaches the national standard of schistosomiasis transmission interruption.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three villages in Beichuan County were sampled as assessment spots, and the schistosomiasis infections of residents and domestic animals, the status of Oncomelania snails and the past records were assessed according to the Criteria for Control and Elimination of Schistosomiasis in China.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No local schistosome infections were found in residents and cattle for successive 5 years and no snails were found for 2 successive years in the 3 villages. The files were documented completely. All the indices reached the national standard of schistosomiasis transmission being interrupted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Beichuan County has reached the national standard of schistosomiasis transmission interruption. However, the endemic surveillance of schistosomiasis still needs to continue.
authors.affiliation: Mianyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mianyang 621000, Sichuan Province, China.
authors.forename: Ying-hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Mianyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mianyang 621000, Sichuan Province, China.
authors.forename: Chang-di
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Beichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Sichuan Province, China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Beichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Sichuan Province, China.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Beichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Sichuan Province, China.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China.
authors.forename: Xian-hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.affiliation: Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China.
authors.forename: Dong-chuan
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Qiu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D045483:Rivers / Q000469:parasitology; D012423:Rural Health; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000502:physiology*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D012908:Snails / Q000254:growth & development / Q000469:parasitology*; D055815:Young Adult