[Effect of strategy of control and prevention of intestinal nematodiasis in Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province]

Abstract

Objective: To explore the strategy of intestinal nematodiasis control in Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province.

Methods: The strategy of mass drug administration assisted with health education was applied in Dongtai City, which was a high endemic area of intestinal nematodiasis, and then the health education and promotion assisted with drug administration of focus population and other integrated control measures, such as the improvement of drinking water, lavatories, and environment, was applied to consolidate the achievement.

Results: The infection rate of intestinal nematodes reduced from 79.97% in 1989 to 6.30% in 1999, and the infection rates of hookworm, Ascaris lumgricoides and Trichuris trichura reduced to 3.31%, 0.60% and 2.57%, respectively, achieving the standard of intestinal nematodiasis control. In 2002, the infection rate of intestinal nematodes reduced to 3.73%, and the infection rates of hookworm, Ascaris lumgricoides and Trichuris trichura reduced to 2.46%, 0.20% and 1.08%, respectively, achieving the standard of effective intestinal nematodiasis control. The infection rate of intestinal nematodes was kept less than 1% after 2004.

Conclusion: The integrated strategy of intestinal nematodiasis control in Dongtai City is effective and valuable for promotion in high endemic areas of intestinal nematodiasis.