Risk factors of human cystic echinococcosis in Shiqu County Sichuan Province: a case-control study
10.16250/j.32.1374.2019003
- VernacularTitle:四川省石渠县人群细粒棘球蚴病影响因素的病例对照研究
- Author:
Wei HE
1
;
Qian WANG
1
;
Yan HUANG
1
;
Wen-Jie YU
1
;
Guang-Jia ZHANG
1
;
Sha LIAO
1
;
Qi WANG
1
;
Liu YANG
1
;
Fan CHEN
1
;
Rui-Rui LI
1
;
Bo ZHONG
1
Author Information
1. Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cystic echinococcosis;
Case-control study;
Logistic regression model;
Shiqu County
- From:
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
2019;31(5):486-490
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To identify the main risk factors of human cystic echinococcosis in Shiqu County, Sichuan Province, so as to provide the reference for the formulation of echinococcosis control strategies in Shiqu County. Methods During the period from November 2015 through June 2017, the patients with cystic echinococcosis (case group) and healthy controls (control group) were randomly sampled from Shiqu County as the study subjects. A questionnaire survey was conducted to capture the study subjects’age, gender, ethnicity, occupation, religion, lifestyle, education level, number of household dogs, bovine and sheep, and density of dog feces in the courtyard. The major risk factors of human cystic echinococcosis were identified using a logistic regression model. Results Univariate logistic regression analysis showed 7 risk factors with statistical significance between the case and control groups, and age, lifestyle, number of household bovine, number of household sheep, number of house-hold dogs, and the density of dog feces in the courtyard were included in the multivariate logistic regression model (OR = 1.026, 4.792, 1.067, 1.022, 1.709 and 1.095, respectively). Conclusion High age, pastoral nomadic lifestyle, high number of house-hold bovine, high number of household sheep, high number of household dogs and high density of dog feces in the courtyard are strongly associated with the riks of human cystic echinococcosis in Shiqu County.
