[Practice of engineering management and its effect on schistosomiasis control in Hankou marshland, Wuhan City].

Objective: To investigate the snail control effect of schistosomiasis control engineering in marshland within Wuhan City.

Methods: The engineering measures including surface barrier removal, molluscicide, flatting surface, topsoil stripping, topsoil covering and ditch renovation were applied to transform Hankou marshland. Then the corresponding technical parameters of engineering measures were put forward. The situation of snails was analyzed before and after the transform project.

Results: The total length and area of the project were 6 015 m and 87.21 hm, respectively, including 17.44 hm of topsoil landfill, 52.08 hm of topsoil covering and 23 new ditches. After the transformation, the average length of the new groove, the groove top width, groove depth, height difference, and the average values of slopes and ditch bottom slope were all increased, while the average values of the width and height of the ditch were decreased. At the same time, the marshland beach surface had a new slope that the embankment was higher than the river and no living snails were found then.

Conclusions: The snail breeding environment in Hankou marshland has been effectively changed by the project. However, the constant monitoring and engineering management are still needed to consolidate the effect.