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Changing Patterns of Spatial Clustering of Schistosomiasis in Southwest China between 1999–2001 and 2007–2008: Assessing Progress toward Eradication after the World Bank Loan Project

We compared changes in the spatial clustering of schistosomiasis in Southwest China at the conclusion of and six years following the end of the World Bank Loan Project (WBLP), the control strategy of which was focused on the large-scale use of chemotherapy. Parasitological data were obtained through...

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Autores principales: Hu, Yi, Xiong, Chenglong, Zhang, Zhijie, Luo, Can, Cohen, Ted, Gao, Jie, Zhang, Lijuan, Jiang, Qingwu
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Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3924469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24394217
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110100701
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author Hu, Yi
Xiong, Chenglong
Zhang, Zhijie
Luo, Can
Cohen, Ted
Gao, Jie
Zhang, Lijuan
Jiang, Qingwu
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Xiong, Chenglong
Zhang, Zhijie
Luo, Can
Cohen, Ted
Gao, Jie
Zhang, Lijuan
Jiang, Qingwu
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description We compared changes in the spatial clustering of schistosomiasis in Southwest China at the conclusion of and six years following the end of the World Bank Loan Project (WBLP), the control strategy of which was focused on the large-scale use of chemotherapy. Parasitological data were obtained through standardized surveys conducted in 1999–2001 and again in 2007–2008. Two alternate spatial cluster methods were used to identify spatial clusters of cases: Anselin’s Local Moran’s I test and Kulldorff’s spatial scan statistic. Substantial reductions in the burden of schistosomiasis were found after the end of the WBLP, but the spatial extent of schistosomiasis was not reduced across the study area. Spatial clusters continued to occur in three regions: Chengdu Plain, Yangtze River Valley, and Lancang River Valley during the two periods, and regularly involved five counties. These findings suggest that despite impressive reductions in burden, the hilly and mountainous regions of Southwest China remain at risk of schistosome re-emergence. Our results help to highlight specific locations where integrated control programs can focus to speed the elimination of schistosomiasis in China.
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spelling pubmed-39244692014-02-18 Changing Patterns of Spatial Clustering of Schistosomiasis in Southwest China between 1999–2001 and 2007–2008: Assessing Progress toward Eradication after the World Bank Loan Project Hu, Yi Xiong, Chenglong Zhang, Zhijie Luo, Can Cohen, Ted Gao, Jie Zhang, Lijuan Jiang, Qingwu Int J Environ Res Public Health Article We compared changes in the spatial clustering of schistosomiasis in Southwest China at the conclusion of and six years following the end of the World Bank Loan Project (WBLP), the control strategy of which was focused on the large-scale use of chemotherapy. Parasitological data were obtained through standardized surveys conducted in 1999–2001 and again in 2007–2008. Two alternate spatial cluster methods were used to identify spatial clusters of cases: Anselin’s Local Moran’s I test and Kulldorff’s spatial scan statistic. Substantial reductions in the burden of schistosomiasis were found after the end of the WBLP, but the spatial extent of schistosomiasis was not reduced across the study area. Spatial clusters continued to occur in three regions: Chengdu Plain, Yangtze River Valley, and Lancang River Valley during the two periods, and regularly involved five counties. These findings suggest that despite impressive reductions in burden, the hilly and mountainous regions of Southwest China remain at risk of schistosome re-emergence. Our results help to highlight specific locations where integrated control programs can focus to speed the elimination of schistosomiasis in China. MDPI 2014-01-03 2014-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3924469/ /pubmed/24394217 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110100701 Text en © 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Hu, Yi
Xiong, Chenglong
Zhang, Zhijie
Luo, Can
Cohen, Ted
Gao, Jie
Zhang, Lijuan
Jiang, Qingwu
Changing Patterns of Spatial Clustering of Schistosomiasis in Southwest China between 1999–2001 and 2007–2008: Assessing Progress toward Eradication after the World Bank Loan Project
title Changing Patterns of Spatial Clustering of Schistosomiasis in Southwest China between 1999–2001 and 2007–2008: Assessing Progress toward Eradication after the World Bank Loan Project
title_full Changing Patterns of Spatial Clustering of Schistosomiasis in Southwest China between 1999–2001 and 2007–2008: Assessing Progress toward Eradication after the World Bank Loan Project
title_fullStr Changing Patterns of Spatial Clustering of Schistosomiasis in Southwest China between 1999–2001 and 2007–2008: Assessing Progress toward Eradication after the World Bank Loan Project
title_full_unstemmed Changing Patterns of Spatial Clustering of Schistosomiasis in Southwest China between 1999–2001 and 2007–2008: Assessing Progress toward Eradication after the World Bank Loan Project
title_short Changing Patterns of Spatial Clustering of Schistosomiasis in Southwest China between 1999–2001 and 2007–2008: Assessing Progress toward Eradication after the World Bank Loan Project
title_sort changing patterns of spatial clustering of schistosomiasis in southwest china between 1999–2001 and 2007–2008: assessing progress toward eradication after the world bank loan project
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3924469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24394217
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110100701
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