title: [Endemic situation of schistosomiasis in Tongling County of Anhui Province from 2009 to 2014].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the endemic situation of schistosomiasis in Tongling County of Anhui Province, so as to provide the evidence for summarizing the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" and formulating the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan".
  
  
  METHODS
  The data of schistosomiasis control reports and other information about Oncomelania hupensis status and schistosomiasis situation of population and livestock were collected and analyzed statistically in Tongling County from 2009 to 2014.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From 2009 to 2014, the schistosome infection rate and blood positive rate of the population decreased significantly, and only one case of acute schistosome infection was found in 2009. The schistosome infection rate of livestock decreased significantly, and the decreasing rate was 91.10% from 2009 to 2010. From 2009 to 2014, the snail area and average density of living snails presented decreasing trends but the densities of living snails increased in 2011 and 2012. After 2011, no schistosome infected snails were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The schistosome infection rate of population has been controlled at a low level in Tongling County, but the snail area is still large in the marshland and lake regions, and the density of living snails is relatively high in the inland. Therefore, the schistosomiasis control work, especially snail control, still should be strengthened.
authors.forename: Qing-shan
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xue-gen
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: De-yin
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhao-ming
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Ke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D060740:Disease Eradication / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000502:physiology*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology