Development of surveillance tools for eradication of schistosomiasis japonica applicable for the endemic areas in China

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New surveillance tools for schistosomiasis control were developed and tested in endemic foci in China. LAMP method was confirmed to be an easy method of high sensitivity and specificity, which could be applied for on-site use without special equipments. Together with those simple and reliable tools, epidemiological surveillance using GIS for evaluating risk factors of bleeding snail hosts should be introduced especially for big endemic fields like those in China. By the use of those new tools, more effective strategy for eliminating schistosomiasis japonica was proposed for endemic foci in China.