Epidemiological features and changing patterns of intestinal parasitic diseases in Jiangxi Province
10.16250/j.32.1374.2018071
- VernacularTitle:江西省肠道寄生虫病流行状况和变化趋势
- Author:
Bei-Nan HUANG
1
;
Wei-Sheng JIANG
2
;
Shu-Ying XIE
2
;
Hong-Gen CHEN
2
;
Chun-Qin HANG
2
;
Jun GE
2
;
Zhao-Jun LI
2
;
Wei-Ming LAN
2
;
Xiao-Jun ZENG
2
Author Information
1. Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
2. Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Intestinal parasitic diseases;
Soil-transmitted nematodes;
Epidemiological trend;
Jiangxi Province
- From:
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
2019;31(3):311-314
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand the epidemiological features and changing patterns of intestinal parasitic diseases in Jiangxi Province from 1989 to 2014, so as to provide scientific evidence for formulating the preventive and control strategy for intestinal parasitic diseases. Methods The data regarding the status of intestinal parasitic diseases in Jiangxi Province were captured from the 1989 national survey on the distribution of human parasites in China and the 2014 national survey on major human parasitic diseases in China, and the status of human intestinal parasite infections was compared between the two surveys in Jiangxi Province. Results The prevalence rate of human intestinal parasite infections was 79.59% and 9.64% in Jiangxi Province in 1989 and 2014, with a decline rate of 87.89% during the 25-year period (χ2 = 30 870.5, P < 0.01). There were 24 and 20 species of human intestinal parasites detected in Jiangxi Province in 1989 and 2014, respectively, with totally 26 species detected during the two surveys. In Jiangxi Province, the 3 most highly prevalent human intestinal parasites included Ascaris lumbricoides (71.06%), hookworm (17.61%) and Enterobius vermicularis (17.59%) in 1989, and E. vermicularis (13.73%), hookworm (4.66%), whipworm (0.95%) in 2014. A higher rate of human intestinal parasite infections was found in females than in males in both surveys in Jiangxi Province (P < 0.01), and the prevalence of human intestinal parasite infections reduced by 82.50% to 95.31% in different age groups in Jiangsu Province during the 25-year period. Conclusions The prevalence of human intestinal parasite infections shows a remarkable decline tendency in Jiangxi Province, and soil-transmitted nematodes remain the main species of human intestinal parasites in Jiangxi Province.
