[Surveillance of schistosomiasis endemic situation in Jingzhou City in 2011].
OBJECTIVE
To understand the endemic situation of schistosomiasis in monitoring sites of Jingzhou City in 2011.


METHODS
According to the monitoring scheme of the schistosomiasis in Hubei Province, the schistosomiasis endemic situation in human, farm cattle and Oncomelania snails were investigated in 64 monitoring sites of Jingzhou City in 2011 and the results were analyzed statistically.


RESULTS
In the 64 monitoring sites, the average schistosome infection rate of residents was 1.48%, and the rate in residents aged 50 years or over was highest. There was no case of acute schistosomiasis infection. There were 170 cases of advanced schistosomiasis. The average infection rate of farm cattle was 1.38%. Among the 3 034.03 hm2 area with snails, the area with schistosome infected snails was 25.65 hm2. The average density of living snails was 0.74 snails/0.1 m2, while the average density of infected snails was 0.000 6 snails/0.1 m2. The infection rate of snails was 0.08%.


CONCLUSIONS
The endemic situation of schistosomiasis in Jingzhou City in 2011 is relatively stable, but the infection rate of farm cattle is higher. Therefore, the preventive measures still should be enhanced.
Institute of Schistosomiasis Prevention and Control, Jingzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hubei Province, Jingzhou 434000, China.
Wen-Tao
WT
Bie
School of Public Health, Wuhan University, China.
Zeng-Wang
ZW
Zheng
Institute of Schistosomiasis Prevention and Control, Jingzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hubei Province, Jingzhou 434000, China.
Mei-Zhi
MZ
Yuan
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000469:parasitology; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology; D013997:Time Factors