TY - JOUR AU - Zhou, Xiao-Nong AU - Guo, Jia-Gang AU - Wu, Xiao-Hua AU - Jiang, Qing-Wu AU - Zheng, Jiang AU - Dang, Hui AU - Wang, Xian-Hong AU - Xu, Jing AU - Zhu, Hong-Qing AU - Wu, Guan-Ling AU - Li, Yue-Sheng AU - Xu, Xing-Jian AU - Chen, Hong-Gen AU - Wang, Tian-Ping AU - Zhu, Yin-Chang AU - Qiu, Dong-Chuan AU - Dong, Xing-Qi AU - Zhao, Gen-Ming AU - Zhang, Shao-Ji AU - Zhao, Nai-Qing AU - Xia, Gang AU - Wang, Li-Ying AU - Zhang, Shi-Qing AU - Lin, Dan-Dan AU - Chen, Ming-Gang AU - Hao, Yang T1 - Epidemiology of Schistosomiasis in the People’s Republic of China, 2004 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 10 SP - 1470 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Results from the third nationwide cluster sampling survey on the epidemiology of schistosomiasis in the People’s Republic of China, conducted by the Ministry of Health in 2004, are presented. A stratified cluster random sampling technique was used, and 239 villages were selected in 7 provinces where Schistosoma japonicum remains endemic. A total of 250,987 residents 6–65 years of age were included in the survey. Estimated prevalence rates in the provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Jiangsu were 4.2%, 3.8%, 3.1%, 2.2%, 1.7%, 0.9%, and 0.3%, respectively. The highest prevalence rates were in the lake and marshland region (3.8%) and the lowest rates were in the plain region with waterway networks (0.06%). Extrapolation to all residents in schistosome-endemic areas indicated 726,112 infections. This indicates a reduction of 16.1% compared with a nationwide survey conducted in 1995. However, human infection rates increased by 3.9% in settings where transmission is ongoing. KW - Schistosomiasis KW - Schistosoma japonicum KW - cluster sampling survey KW - status KW - epidemiology KW - China KW - research DO - 10.3201/eid1310.061423 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/10/06-1423_article ER - End of Reference