Schistosoma japonicum-infected sentinel mice : Surveillance and spatial point pattern analysis in Hubei province, China, 2010-2018

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OBJECTIVES: Progress in national schistosomiasis control in China has successfully reduced disease transmission in many districts. However, a low transmission rate hinders conventional snail surveys in identifying areas at risk. In this study, Schistosoma japonicum-infected sentinel mice surveillance was conducted to identify high-risk areas of schistosomiasis transmission in Hubei province, China.

METHODS: The risk of schistosomiasis transmission was assessed using sentinel mice monitoring in Hubei province from 2010 to 2018. Field detections were undertaken in June and September, and the sentinel mice were kept for approximately 35 days in a laboratory. They were then dissected to determine whether schistosome infection was present. Ripley's K-function and kernel density estimation were applied to analyze the spatial distribution and positive point pattern of schistosomiasis transmission.

RESULTS: In total, 190 sentinel mice surveillance sites were selected to detect areas of schistosomiasis infection from 2010 to 2018, with 29 (15.26%) sites showing infected mice. Of 4723 dissected mice, 256 adult worms were detected in 112 infected mice. The infection rate was 2.37%, with an average of 2.28 worms detected per infected mouse. Significantly more infected mice were detected in the June samples than in the September samples (χ2=12.11, p<0.01). Ripley's L(d) index analysis showed that, when the distance was ≤34.52km, the sentinel mice infection pattern showed aggregation, with the strongest aggregation occurring at 7.86km. Three hotspots were detected using kernel density estimation: at the junction of Jingzhou District, Gong'an County, and Shashi District in Jingzhou City; in Wuhan City at the border of the Huangpi and Dongxihu Districts, and in the Hannan and Caidian Districts.

CONCLUSION: The results showed that sentinel mice surveillance is useful in identifying high-risk areas, and could provide valuable information for schistosomiasis prevention and control, especially concerning areas along the Yangtze River, such as the Fu-Lun, Dongjing-Tongshun, and Juzhang River basins.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:99

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 99(2020) vom: 29. Okt., Seite 179-185

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Yanyan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Si [VerfasserIn]
Shan, Xiaowei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Li, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Junjing [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Lingfeng [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jianbing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Guo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Geographic information system
Journal Article
Kernel density estimation
Point pattern
Ripley's K-function
Schistosomiasis
Sentinel mice surveillance
Spatial clustering

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Date Completed 16.12.2020

Date Revised 16.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2020.07.048

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313139512