Gao Guang-ting, Liu Yi-xin, Sun Zhen, Hu Jian-guo, Hu Qiong
Hongshan District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hubei Province, Wuhan 430040, China.
Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi. 2013 Oct;25(5):545, 547.
To explore the effect of land consolidation project on the detention of Oncomelania hupensis snails in the flood at the Yangtze River beach.
The land consolidation project including removing wild willow groves, cutting the high and filling the low, and improving the slope was carried out at the Yangtze River beach in 2011, and the status of snails was investigated before and after the project, respectively, at the end of the flood season.
Before the project (2010), at the end of the flood season, the rate of the frames with snails was 96.5% and the snail density was 3.655/0.1 m2. After the project (2012), at the end of the flood season in the same area, the rate of the frames with snails was 2.0% and the snail density was 0.015/0.1 m2 (chi2 = 357.29, P < 0.01).
The land consolidation has a significant effect on the detention of snails in the flood at the Yangtze River beach.
