[Investigation on status of Oncomelania hupensis in schistosomiasis transmission-interrupted areas of Huangshan City].
OBJECTIVE
To explore a new monitoring method for schistosomiasis transmission interrupted areas, so as to evaluate the monitoring results in counties (districts) to improve the quality.


METHODS
Specialized technicians were selected as survey teams to investigate the status of Oncomelania hupensis snails with the random sampling method combined with environmental sampling method every year from 1997 to 2013.


RESULTS
From 1997 to 2013, 118 villages of 38 townships of 21 counties were investigated for the snail status, and there were 18 environments with snails in 10 townships of 7 counties. The snail area was 10.91 hm2.


CONCLUSIONS
There are still small snail areas. Therefore, the snail monitoring should still be strengthened by specialized technicians.
Huangshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Anhui Province, Huangshan 245000, China.
Yi-Min
YM
Fang
Huangshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Anhui Province, Huangshan 245000, China.
Yi-Nong
YN
Tang
Huangshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Anhui Province, Huangshan 245000, China.
Ye-Bin
YB
Wang
Huangshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Anhui Province, Huangshan 245000, China.
Rui-Feng
RF
Zheng
Huangshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Anhui Province, Huangshan 245000, China.
Wei-Xia
WX
Ding
D000818:Animals; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D011156:Population Density; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology*; D013997:Time Factors