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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of comprehensive control measures of schistosomiasis in Caidian District, Wuhan City. METHODS: The data of implementation of the schistosomiasis control measures in Caidian District was collected and analyzed statistically. RESULTS: The number of Oncomelania hupensis snail environments and snail area decreased from 213 sites and 223.47 hm2 in 2003 to 59 sites and 51.20 hm2 in 2013, with the decreasing rate of 72.30% and 77.09%, respectively. The infection rate of schistosomiasis of human decreased from 1.58% in 2006 to 0.24% in 2013, with the decreasing rate of 84.81%. The positive rate of stool tests of cattle was 2.19% in 2006 while it was 0 in 2013. CONCLUSION: The comprehensive control measures of schistosomiasis are effective.
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Cattle Diseases/prevention & control , Communicable Disease Control/methods , Schistosomiasis/prevention & control , Schistosomiasis/veterinary , Snails/parasitology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Agriculture/instrumentation , Agriculture/methods , Animals , Cattle , Cattle Diseases/epidemiology , Cattle Diseases/parasitology , Child , China/epidemiology , Communicable Disease Control/instrumentation , Disease Reservoirs/parasitology , Feces/parasitology , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Schistosoma/isolation & purification , Schistosoma/physiology , Schistosomiasis/epidemiology , Schistosomiasis/parasitology , Young AdultABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of the magnetic particle antibody immunoassay (MPAIA), dipstick dye immunoassay (DDIA) and indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA), on detecting advanced schistosomiasis. METHODS: The sera of 224 cases of advanced schistosomiasis were detected by MPAIA, DDIA, and IHA, and the positive rates were compared. RESULTS: The positive rates of MPAIA, DDIA and IHA, were 67.14%, 14.29% and 16.52%, respectively,the positive coincidence rate of MPAIA is higher than the one of IHA and DDIA. CONCLUSION: The value of MPAIA is higher than that of DDIA or IHA in screening advanced schistosomiasis.
