Failures and successes learned from 160 years of echinococcosis control and countermeasures in China
10.3969/j.issn.1002-2694.2024.00.071
- VernacularTitle:棘球蚴(包虫)病160年控制失败和成功经验教训及我国的控制对策
- Author:
Chuan-Chuan WU
1
;
Zhuang-Zhi ZHANG
;
Jun LI
;
Wen-Jing QI
;
Jian-Ping CAO
;
Can-Jun ZHENG
;
Wen-Bao ZHANG
Author Information
1. 新疆医科大学基础医学院,乌鲁木齐 830017
- Keywords:
Echinococcosis;
control and countermeasures;
deworm;
case Summary
- From:
Chinese Journal of Zoonoses
2024;40(5):464-470
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The transmission cycle of echinococcosis was established in 1853.More than 160 years have elapsed since Iceland initiated control measures to break the transmission cycle of echinococcosis in 1863.Control plans have been implemented in more than a dozen countries/territories,and lessons have been learned from failures as well as successes.In this review,we fo-cus on the failure experiences,which have also promoted successes in the control of cystic echinococcosis(caused by the para-site Echinococcus granulosus)in regions including Iceland,New Zealand,Uruguay,Wales(England),Turkana(Kenya),and Sardinia(Italy).The causes of the failures were analyzed,and the effects of health education,dog deworming,and con-trol measures for infected animal slaughter on echinococcosis control are comprehensively summarized.However,no suc-cessful experience has been reported in the control of alveolar echinococcosis(caused by the parasite Echinococcus multilocu-laris).On the basis of the biological characteristics of E.mul-tilocularis parasitization in dogs for a duration of 30 days and larvae parasitization in rodents,the fundamental measure for controlling alveolar echinococcosis is administration of monthly deworming treatments to dogs in high prevalence areas.
