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Table 4 Annual findings of water contamination with S. japonicum from 2009 through 2014

From: A multidisciplinary, integrated approach for the elimination of schistosomiasis: a longitudinal study in a historically hyper-endemic region in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China from 2005 to 2014

Year

Number of sites investigated

Number of positive sites

Positive rate in the study site (%)

Number of mice examined

Number of positive mice

Positive rate in mice (%)

2009

55

5

9.09

1 074

14

1.3

2010

55

0

0

954

0

0

2011

60

0

0

1 128

0

0

2012

70

0

0

1 177

0

0

2013

36

0

0

696

0

0

2014

75

0

0

1 477

0

0

Total

351

5

1.42

6 506

14

0.22