Epidemiological survey of human echinococcosis in east Gansu, China

Shuai Yan; Dong Wang; Junrui Zhang; Xiaojin Mo; Yu Feng; Liling Duan; Deyu Liu; Fan Li; Yongchun Dao; Ting Zhang; Wei Hu; Zheng Feng; Bin Zheng

doi:10.1038/s41598-021-85843-w

Scientific Reports (Mar 2021)

Epidemiological survey of human echinococcosis in east Gansu, China

Shuai Yan,
Dong Wang,
Junrui Zhang,
Xiaojin Mo,
Yu Feng,
Liling Duan,
Deyu Liu,
Fan Li,
Yongchun Dao,
Ting Zhang,
Wei Hu,
Zheng Feng,
Bin Zheng

Affiliations

Shuai Yan: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology of the Chinese Ministry of Health, Joint Research Laboratory of Genetics and Ecology on Parasite-Host Interaction, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention & Fudan University
Dong Wang: Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Gansu Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Junrui Zhang: The Endemic Disease Prevention Office in Huan County
Xiaojin Mo: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology of the Chinese Ministry of Health, Joint Research Laboratory of Genetics and Ecology on Parasite-Host Interaction, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention & Fudan University
Yu Feng: Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Gansu Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Liling Duan: The Endemic Disease Prevention Office in Huan County
Deyu Liu: The Endemic Disease Prevention Office in Huan County
Fan Li: Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Gansu Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Yongchun Dao: The Endemic Disease Prevention Office in Huan County
Ting Zhang: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology of the Chinese Ministry of Health, Joint Research Laboratory of Genetics and Ecology on Parasite-Host Interaction, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention & Fudan University
Wei Hu: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology of the Chinese Ministry of Health, Joint Research Laboratory of Genetics and Ecology on Parasite-Host Interaction, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention & Fudan University
Zheng Feng: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology of the Chinese Ministry of Health, Joint Research Laboratory of Genetics and Ecology on Parasite-Host Interaction, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention & Fudan University
Bin Zheng: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology of the Chinese Ministry of Health, Joint Research Laboratory of Genetics and Ecology on Parasite-Host Interaction, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention & Fudan University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85843-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

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Abstract Echinococcosis is endemic in pastoral regions of south, west and mid-Gansu province, China. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of echinococcosis in east Gansu, and analyze its associated risk factors. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2011 in 12 villages of Xiaonangou township, Huan County in east Gansu province by ultrasound abdominal scan and auxiliary serotest, and a prevalence surveillance study from 2008 to 2014 was performed in one villages by ultrasonography screening. Questionnaire information analysis indicates that the risk factors are in association with the gender, age, and education level. The cross-sectional survey found a cystic echinococcosis prevalence of 2.21% (107/4837). Higher prevalence was seen in females (χ 2 = 4.198, P 60 years) (χ 2 trend = 96.30, P < 0.05), and illiterates (χ 2 = 90.101, P < 0.05). Prevalence surveillance showed changing profile of 3.35% in 2011 to 0.88% (1/113) in 2014.

Published in Scientific Reports

ISSN: 2045-2322 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/srep/

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