Successful outcome of an integrated strategy for the reduction of schistosomiasis transmission in an endemically complex area

Shi-Zhu , Li and Ying-Jun , Qian and Kun, Yang and Qiang , Wang and Qiang , Zhang and Jun, Liu and Mu-Hua, Chen and Xi-Bao, Huang and Yin-Long, Xu and Bergquist, Robert and Xiao-Nong , Zhou (2012) Successful outcome of an integrated strategy for the reduction of schistosomiasis transmission in an endemically complex area. Geospatial health , 6 (2). pp. 215-220. ISSN 1970-7096

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Abstract

Schistosomiasis is one of the major public health problems in the People’s Republic of China (and elsewhere), seriously threatening health as well as social and economic development. An integrated control strategy, emphasising transmission control but also aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, was carried out in Jiangling county, Hubei province from 2007 to 2009. Three villages were chosen for a pilot study involving removal of cattle from neighbouring, snail-infested grasslands, improving sanitation and construction of units for household biogas production in addition to routine control measures. Both prevalence and intensity of infection in the snails in the neighbourhood were greatly reduced after two years of implementation, while the prevalence of schistosomiasis in humans in the three villages had been reduced by 29%, 34% and 24%, respectively. The removal of cattle and construction of biogas production units had an additional positive effect in that the annual, average emission of greenhouse gases such as methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) were reduced by an estimated 7.8 and 80.2 tons, respectively

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Schistosomiasis, integrated control, greenhouse gases, adaptive strategies and technology, People’s Republic of China
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 614 Medicina legale; incidenza delle malattie; Medicina preventiva pubblica > 614.4 Incidenza delle malattie e misure pubblica per prevenirle (classificare qui l'Epidemiologia, l'Epidemiologia clinica) > 614.42 Incidenza delle malattie, e misure pubbliche per prevenirle. Incidenza (classificare qui la prevalenza; la Geografia medica; l'Epidemiologia spaziale; i rilevamenti sanitari) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 614 Medicina legale; incidenza delle malattie; Medicina preventiva pubblica > 614.5 Incidenza di specifiche malattie e tipi di malattia e misure pubbliche per prevenirle > 614.55 Parassitosi e malattie causate da funghi (micosi) > 614.553 Malattie causate da trematodi (infezioni da trematodi) (Include la Schistosomiasi)
Depositing User:	Chiara Ceccucci
Date Deposited:	08 Aug 2012 10:57
Last Modified:	08 Aug 2012 10:57
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/4197

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