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

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.

Microbiological Quality of Seafood Marketed in Taiwan.

Seafood is often associated with foodborne illnesses, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus is the most common pathogen implicated in outbreaks in Taiwan. In this study, the microbiological quality of 300 raw or mixed ready-to-eat (RTE) and other cooking-needed seafood samples was examined. The total aerobic and coliform counts of the RTE samples were significantly higher than those of other cooking-needed samples.

[Surveillance and risk assessment system of schistosomiasis in Jiangsu Province. II. Surveillance pattern and effect of Oncomelania hupensis snail status in Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province].

Objective: To explore the method of Oncomelania hupensis snail surveillance in transmission-interrupted regions of schistosomiasis, so as to provide a new pattern for the surveillance of snail status in the transmission-interrupted areas.

Methods: In Dongtai County, north of Jiangsu Province where the transmission of schistosomiasis was interrupted, the surveillance of snail status was performed by means of the village-level general survey, village-level sampling survey, snail survey in key settings of township and county, and snail reporting by residents. In addition, quality-control snail sites were set up for quality control.

[Endemic situation of malaria in Dongtai City, 1999-2013].

Objective: To understand the characteristics of malaria endemic situation in Dongtai City, from 1999 to 2013.

Methods: The data of diagnosed malaria cases and related information of prevention and treatment were collected and analyzed with the epidemiological method.

Results: From 1999 to 2013, there were 27 malaria cases in total, and among which 2 cases were local-infected with Plasmodium vivax, 10 cases were imported P.

[Surveillance after schistosomiasis transmission interrupted in sandy areas].

The surveillance after schistosomiasis transmission interrupted in sandy areas showed that the schistosomiasis endemic did not occur locally, but the factors of transmission still existed. Therefore, we should continue to enhance the management of mobile population and snail control, and explore appropriate measures for schistosomiasis monitoring.