Dan-Dan Lin, Yi-Wen Liu, Xiao-Qing Tong, Dong-Yun Ai, Qing-Wu Jiang
Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Nanchang 330096, China.
Yujiang County Station of Schistosomiasis Control, Jiangxi Province, China.
Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi. 2018 Nov 12;30(5):489-492. doi: 10.16250/j.32.1374.2018201.
Schistosomiasis is one of the major infectious diseases that seriously endanger the health of people, and social and economic development. Before the year of 1949, Yujiang County of Jiangxi Province was one of hyper-endemic regions for schistosomiasis. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, under the leadership and high attention of the Chinese Communist Party and the government, after the arduous struggle with schistosomiasis, Yujiang County became the first county that reached the standard of eradication of schistosomiasis in 1958. Moreover, Chairman Mao Zedong gladly wrote the famous poem of "Farewell to the God of Plague". Since then, the work of schistosomiasis control has been greatly inspired by the poem. In 2016, Yujiang County became the first county of schistosomiasis elimination in Jiangxi Province. In this paper, the experience and process of eradication and elimination of schistosomiasis in Yujiang County are systematically reviewed and summarized by analyzing the endemic situation of schistosomiasis before and after the eradication and elimination in Yujiang County, to expound the significance and enlightenment of the schistosomiasis control in Yujiang County. This paper commemorates the 60th anniversary of the publication of Mao Zedong's poem.
血吸虫病是严重危害人民健康、社会和经济发展的主要传染病之一。1949年前，江西省余江县是血吸虫病重疫区之一。新中国成立后，在中国共产党和政府的领导与高度重视下，经过与血吸虫病的艰苦斗争，余江县于1958年成为全国第一个达到血吸虫病消灭标准的县。而且，毛泽东主席欣然写下了著名诗篇《送瘟神》。此后，血吸虫病防治工作深受这首诗的鼓舞。2016年，余江县成为江西省第一个达到血吸虫病消除标准的县。本文通过分析余江县消灭和消除血吸虫病前后的流行情况，系统回顾和总结了余江县消灭和消除血吸虫病的经验与过程，阐述了余江县血吸虫病防治工作的意义和启示。本文纪念毛泽东主席《送瘟神》发表60周年。
