Assessment of control strategies against Clonorchis sinensis infection based on a multi-group dynamic transmission model.

ABSTRACT: Clonorchiasis is one of the most important food-borne trematodiases affecting millions of people. Strategies were recommended by different organizations and control programmes were implemented but mostly in short-time periods. It's important to assess the long-term benefits and sustainability of possible control strategies on morbidity control of the disease. We developed a multi-group transmission model to describe the dynamics of C. sinensis transmission among different groups of people with different raw-fish-consumption behaviors, based on which, a full model with interventions was proposed and three common control measures (i.e., preventive chemotherapy, information, education, and communication (IEC) and environmental modification) and their possible combinations were considered. Und

SUBMITTER: Huang XH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7156112 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature