Tools to support policy decisions related to treatment strategies and surveillance of Schistosomiasis japonica towards elimination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Appropriate diagnostics to monitor disease trends and assess the effectiveness and impact of interventions are essential for guiding treatment strategies at different thresholds of schistosomiasis transmission and for certifying elimination. Field validation of these assays is urgently needed before they can be adopted to support policy decisions of the national programme for control and elimination of schistosomiasis in P.R. China. We compared the efficacy and utility of different immunoassays in guiding control strategies and monitoring the endemic status of S. japonicum infections towards elimination.

Methodology/principal findings

A cross-sectional survey was conducted in seven villages with different transmission intensities settings to assess the performance

SUBMITTER: Zhou XN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3243709 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature