Challenges and countermeasures for soil-transmitted and food-borne parasitic diseases surveillance in low-endemicity areas
10.16250/j.32.1915.2024098
- VernacularTitle:低流行区土源性和食源性寄生虫病监测 面临的挑战及对策建议
- Author:
Fanzhen MAO
1
;
Yaobao LIU
2
;
Jun CAO
2
Author Information
1. National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214064, China
2. National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214064, China; Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Soil-transmitted parasitic disease;
Food-borne parasitic disease;
Surveillance;
Challenge;
Countermeasure
- From:
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
2025;37(5):545-548
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
As a global public health concern, parasitic diseases have been a great threat to human health for a long period of time. Following decades of integrated control efforts, the incidence of soil-transmitted and food-borne parasitic diseases has been remarkable reduced in most endemic foci of China, and is now low across the country. However, there are still multiple factors affecting the transmission of soil-transmitted and food-borne parasitic diseases, which pose multiple challenges to parasitic diseases surveillance in the new era. This article analyzed the current status and challenges of soil-transmitted and food-borne parasitic diseases surveillance in Jiangsu Province, a low-endemicity area, and proposed countermeasures to tackle the challenges, so as to provide insights into key parasitic diseases surveillance in the new era.
