African schistosomiasis in mainland China: risk of transmission and countermeasures to tackle the risk

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Jian-Rong Dai¹  Qing-Biao Hong¹  You-Sheng Liang¹  Wei Wang¹ 

[1] Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Parasites, 117 Yangxiang, Meiyuan, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province 214064, People’s Republic of China

关键词: China;    Research priority;    Transmission risk;    Imported case;    Biomphalaria straminea;    African schistosomiasis;   

Others  :  824741
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-3305-6-249

 received in 2013-07-03, accepted in 2013-08-24,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Schistosomiasis is a major disease of public health importance in humans occurring in 76 countries of the tropics and sub-tropics. In China, schistosomiasis japonica is one of the highest priorities in communicable disease control defined by the central government. Since 1970s, the habitats of Biomphalaria straminea, an intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni in South America, have been identified in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Shenzhen city, Guangdong province of China. With the sharp growth in the China-aided projects in Africa and labor services export to Africa, a gradual rise in the cases infected with S. haematobium or S. mansoni is reported in those returning from Africa to China. The existence of intermediate snail hosts and import of infectious source of schistosomiasis results in concern about the transmission of African schistosomiasis in mainland China in the context of global climate change. This paper evaluates the risk of transmission of African schistosomiasis in China, and proposes countermeasures and research priorities to tackle the risk.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Wang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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