History of schistosomiasis epidemiology, current status, and challenges in China: on the road to schistosomiasis elimination.
Schistosomiasis is a snail-borne disease caused by worms of the genus Schistosoma. Worldwide, human schistosomiasis remains a serious public health problem, threatening ∼800 million people in 78 countries with a loss of 70 million disability-adjusted life years. Schistosoma japonicum is the only human blood fluke that occurs in China. As one of the countries suffering greatly from schistosomiasis, over the past 65 years, China has made great strides in controlling schistosomiasis, blocking the transmission of S. japonicum in five provinces, remarkably reducing transmission intensities in the other seven endemic provinces, and China is currently preparing to move toward the elimination of this disease before 2025. However, while on the road to schistosomiasis elimination, emerging challenges merit attention, including severe advanced cases, increased movements of population and livestock, large-area distribution of intermediate host snails, limitations of new drug developments and no vaccine available, as well as imported schistosomiasis and its potential risk.
Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.|Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Lan-Gui
LG
Song
School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Xiao-Ying
XY
Wu
National Institute for Research in Public Health, Ministry of Health, Bamako, Mali.
Moussa
M
Sacko
Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. wuzhd@mail.sysu.edu.cn.|Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. wuzhd@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Zhong-Dao
ZD
Wu
D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D060740:Disease Eradication; D004199:Disease Vectors; D006801:Humans; D058751:Livestock; D011634:Public Health; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000502:physiology*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D012554:Schistosomiasis japonica / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology*
Elimination of schistosomiasis; Emerging challenges; P. R. China; Schistosoma japonicum
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