Optimization of the control strategy and research priorities to combat the resurgence of visceral leishmaniasis in China
10.16250/j.32.1374.2024192
- VernacularTitle:优化防控策略和研究重点遏制我国 内脏利什曼病疫情回升
- Author:
Xiaonong ZHOU
1
,
2
,
3
;
Shizhu LI
1
,
2
;
Junhu CHEN
1
,
2
,
3
;
Yi ZHANG
1
,
2
Author Information
1. National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200025, China
2. School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Institute of One Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200025, China
3. Hainan Center for Tropical Diseases Research (Hainan Sub-center, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), Haikou, Hainan 571199, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Leishmaniasis;
Visceral leishmaniasis;
Sandfly;
Epidemiological characteristic;
Control strategy;
One Health
- From:
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
2024;36(4):329-333
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by Leishmania infection and transmitted by sandflies. There are three main forms of leishmaniasis, including cutaneous leishmaniasis, visceral leishmaniasis and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. China is mainly endemic for visceral leishmaniasis, which is a class C notifiable infectious disease in the country. Following concerted efforts, the transmission of visceral leishmaniasis had been controlled in most endemic foci of China by the end of 1958, with a few cases reported in western China. Due to global climate changes and population mobility, resurgence of visceral leishmaniasis has recently occurred in historical endemic areas of central and western China, which is characterized by gradual expansion of endemic areas and remarkable rebounding epidemics. Hereby, we summarize the national and global epidemiology and control strategy of visceral leishmaniasis, propose 8 key research areas and 12 key research topics for visceral leishmaniasis control, and recommend the establishment of the joint prevention and control mechanism of “human-animals-vectors” and the working mechanism of animal prevention for human diseases based on the One Health approach, so as to combat the resurgence of visceral leishmaniasis in China.
