Risk factors on human cystic echinococcosis in Hobukesar Mongolian Autonomous County in Xinjiang

VernacularTitle:新疆和布克赛尔蒙古自治县囊型包虫病危险因素分析
Author: Xiang-Dong CHU ¹ ; Gui-Zhi WANG ; Xiao-Hui FENG ; Xi-Ding ER ; Jin-Hua HE ; Hao WEN
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1. 新疆和布克赛尔蒙古自治县疾病预防控制中心
Keywords: Hydatid disease; Cystic echinococcosis; Risk factors
From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2010;31(3):297-299
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To study the risk factors of human cystic echinococcosis (CE) in Hobukesar Mongolian Autonomous County of Xinjiang (HMACX) and to discuss the related strategies for prevention and control. Methods A randomized sampling method was used to screen local residents for human CE in HMACX. CE related risk factors including ethnicity,age,sex,occupation and personal status on hygiene etc. were analyzed under multi-factor logistic regression. Results The prevalence rates of CE and alveolar echinococcosis (AE) were 3.7% (23/627) and 0.16%(1/627) respectively,with the seropositive rate as 12.4% (76/613). The main risk factors that significantly associated with CE were age (OR=7.6,95% CI: 2.481-23.579) and slaughtering livestock in the households (OR=3.2,95%CI: 1.297-7.809). Herdsmen had the highest prevalence of CE in all of the occupations in this study. Conclusion HMACX had been a highly endemic area for human CE,with age and family slaughtering-livestock-behavior appeared to be the main possible risk factors.