Effectiveness of a community-based integrated strategy to control soil-transmitted helminthiasis and clonorchiasis in the People's Republic of China.
China
Clonorchiasis
Community-based strategy
Integrated intervention
Soil-transmitted helminths
Journal
Acta tropica
ISSN: 1873-6254
Titre abrégé: Acta Trop
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0370374
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2021
Feb 2021
Historique:
received:
01
11
2018
revised:
02
08
2020
accepted:
03
08
2020
pubmed:
18
8
2020
medline:
13
5
2021
entrez:
18
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Soil-transmitted helminthiases (STHs) are caused by a group of intestinal nematode infections due to poor hygiene and environments, and clonorchiasis is a food-borne trematode (FBT) infection caused by ingestion of raw freshwater fish. Both are endemic in the People's Republic of China. To explore a suitable control strategy, integrated interventions were applied between 2007 and 2009 in ten pilot counties (eight for the STHs and two for clonorchiasis). Drug administration was used for treatment and complementary efforts to improve the situation based on health education, provision of clean water and sanitation were carried out. Significant achievements were gained as reflected by a drastic decrease in prevalence these infections were demonstrated. The overall prevalence of STHs and clonorchiasis decreased from 35.9% to 7.8% and from 41.4% to 7.0%, respectively. The reduction of prevalence and high cost-effectiveness were documented supporting large-scale application of this integrated intervention in China and elsewhere.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32805214
pii: S0001-706X(18)31374-3
doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105650
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Soil
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
105650Informations de copyright
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