Surveillance and control strategy of imported schistosomiasis mansoni: an expert consensus
10.16250/j.32.1374.2019248
- VernacularTitle:输入性曼氏血吸虫病监测与防控对策专家共识
- Author:
Xiao-Nong ZHOU
1
;
Shi-Zhu LI
1
;
Jing XU
1
;
Jia-Xu CHEN
1
;
Li-Yong WEN
2
;
Ren-Li ZHANG
3
;
Chao LÜ
1
Author Information
1. National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology of National Health Commission, Shanghai 200025, China; National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention-Shenzhen Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention Joint Laboratory for Imported Tropical Disease Control, China
2. Zhejiang Provincial Center for Schistosomiasis Control, China
3. National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention-Shenzhen Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention Joint Laboratory for Imported Tropical Disease Control, China; Shenzhen Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Province, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Schistosomiasis mansoni;
Imported case;
Biomphalaria straminea;
Surveillance;
Control strategy;
Transmission risk;
Expert consensus
- From:
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
2019;31(6):591-595
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
In 1980s, Biomphalaria straminea, an intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni, was found in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China, and currently, this snail has colonized in Shenzhen City and spread to peripheral cities involving of Dongguan and Huizhou. Since imported cases infected with S. mamoni have been reported from time to time in China, Mainland China is facing the potential risk of transmission of schistosomiasis mansoni. With the deepening of the opening-up policy, notably the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, there is an increase in the risk of transmission of schistosomiasis mansoni in Mainland China. Increasing the understanding on schistosomiasis mansoni, improving the awareness toward schistosomiasis mansoni prevention and control, and identifying, reporting and managing imported cases with S. mansoni infection or pathogen carriers, are of particular importance to prevent the development of entire life cycle of S. mansoni and the resultant schistosomiasis mansoni transmission in China. To protect public health, a consensus has been reached pertaining to the surveillance and control strategy of imported schistosomiasis mansoni by Chinese infectious disease experts and parasitologists, with aims to improve the awareness and capability for the diagnosis, treatment and control of imported schistosomiasis mansoni among Chinese disease control and prevention institutions and medical institutions, and decrease and even eliminate the risk of schistosomiasis mansoni transmission in China.
