title: Epidemiological Features and Effectiveness of Schistosomiasis Control Programme in Mountainous and Hilly Region of The People's Republic of China.
abstract: Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that affects over 200million people worldwide in at least 76 countries, ranking second only after malaria in terms of its socio-economic and public health importance in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Chinese surveillance data since the mid-1950s have shown that endemic areas are divided into three types based on geographical, ecological and epidemiological factors, such as marshland and lake region, plain region with waterway networks and hilly and mountainous region. As confirmed by numerous epidemiological investigations, schistosomiasis endemic areas of the mountainous type are distributed in 178 counties in 11 provinces of The People's Republic of China. Over the past several decades great success in transmission control has been achieved by implementation of control strategies that were suitable for the mountainous and hilly endemic region.
authors.affiliation: Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, The People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, The People's Republic of China; Center for Tropical Disease Research, Shanghai, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y-B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: R-Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: J-J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: D-C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhong
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology; D017753:Ecosystem; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D004777:Environment; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000502:physiology*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology*
keywords: Control strategy; Epidemiological factors; Mountainous and hilly region; Schistosomiasis; The People's Republic of China; Transmission control