{"title":"Epidemiological Features and Spatial-Temporal Clustering of Visceral Leishmaniasis - China, 2011-2022.","authors":"Zhengbin Zhou, Zhuowei Luo, Gaiqin Pan, Yuanyuan Li, Zhongqiu Li, Qin Liu, Yuwan Hao, Limin Yang, Zelin Zhu, Qiang Wang, Yi Zhang, Shizhu Li","doi":"10.46234/ccdcw2024.242","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>What is already known about this topic?: </strong>Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), transmitted by sandflies, is a zoonotic disease of public health importance in central and western China.</p><p><strong>What is added by this report?: </strong>A number of VL hotspots were identified in the border areas of Shanxi-Hebei, Shanxi-Shaanxi, Gansu-Sichuan, as well as the southern Xinjiang provincial-level administrative division (PLAD). Mountain zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (MT-ZVL) expanded rapidly in the mountainous regions of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Beijing, and Gansu PLADs from 2011 to 2022. A notable resurgence of MT-ZVL has occurred, with 671 cases in 66 historically endemic counties.</p><p><strong>What are the implications for public health practice?: </strong>Actions are recommended to restrain the rapid expansion of MT-ZVL: Firstly, implement One Health approaches, such as timely diagnosis and treatment of patients, promoting insecticide-impregnated dog collars, and restraining the number of dogs in endemic areas. Secondly, surveillance-response systems for sandflies and infective dogs in potential risk areas should be strengthened.</p>","PeriodicalId":69039,"journal":{"name":"中国疾病预防控制中心周报","volume":"6 46","pages":"1201-1205"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11581987/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"中国疾病预防控制中心周报","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.46234/ccdcw2024.242","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
What is already known about this topic?: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), transmitted by sandflies, is a zoonotic disease of public health importance in central and western China.
What is added by this report?: A number of VL hotspots were identified in the border areas of Shanxi-Hebei, Shanxi-Shaanxi, Gansu-Sichuan, as well as the southern Xinjiang provincial-level administrative division (PLAD). Mountain zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (MT-ZVL) expanded rapidly in the mountainous regions of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Beijing, and Gansu PLADs from 2011 to 2022. A notable resurgence of MT-ZVL has occurred, with 671 cases in 66 historically endemic counties.
What are the implications for public health practice?: Actions are recommended to restrain the rapid expansion of MT-ZVL: Firstly, implement One Health approaches, such as timely diagnosis and treatment of patients, promoting insecticide-impregnated dog collars, and restraining the number of dogs in endemic areas. Secondly, surveillance-response systems for sandflies and infective dogs in potential risk areas should be strengthened.