日本血吸虫病肝脾肿的临床流行病学调查

根据在一重疫区,以血吸虫性肝脾肿的临床流行病学调查为重点的社区研究资料,描述了该社区在持续若干年间断和不规则化疗后肝脾肿的临床流行病学状态,并阐述了该社区日本血吸虫感染的流行率,感染度和患病率之间的关系。作者发现,在该社区特定条件下,血吸虫感染是高流行率伴低感染度状态,同时显示相当高程度的肝脾肿患病率。研究资料分析结果提示,肝脾肿的发生与感染的积累和持续时间,并在一定程度上与感染度有关。作者还指出应用便携式超声诊断仪作超声影像诊断调查是衡量日本血吸虫病患病或病情的敏感工具。

CLINICO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF SCHISTOSOME-INDUCED HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY: A COMMUNITY-BASED STUDY IN JISHAN, XINJIAN COUNTY, JIANGXI

Since the primary objective of mass chemotherapy in schistosomiasis control is reduction of schistosome-induced morbidity, it would be reasonable to assess the impact of a control program on the morbidity in a given population by investigating hepato-splenomegaly associated with schistosomiasis in a schistosomiasis endemic area. In this paper, the authors described the relationship between the prevalence, intensity and morbidity of Schistosoma japonicum infection in terms of stool egg count and ultrasonographically detectable hepatosp-lenomegaly in a community-based study. It was found that the epidemiological pattern of the infection in this study community was quite different from our usual understanding, that is, the prevalence remained relatively high (39.9%) when the intensity became lower. This unusual pattern might be resulted from intermittent ana sporadic chemotherapy associated with frequent exposure of people to the infection in an area of high transmission. It was surprised to note that despite the prazequantel treatment carried out over the past years, the prevalence of hepatosplenomegaly induced by schistosomiasis in this community was still very high, suggesting that intermittent and sporadic chemotherapy might render little impact on schistosomiasis-induced morbidity. The investigation also showed that ultrasonography was a sensitive tool for assessing morbidity associated with schistosome infection.