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Electronic Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases ›› 2021, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (3): 167-171.doi: 10.19871/j.cnki.xfcrbzz.2021.03.001

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The era significance of Yujiang's spirit of "farewell to the God of Plague" for schistosomiasis control

Huang Guohua1, Shu Qianqian1, Huang Yiran2   

  1. 1. Yingtan Yujiang District Health Commission, Jiangxi Yujiang 335200, China;
    2. Office of Nanchang Hospital Affiliated to Sun Yat-sen University, Nanchang 330006, China
  • Received:2021-07-11 Online:2021-08-31 Published:2021-10-11

Abstract: Schistosomiasis is an endemic disease caused by adult worms of Schistosoma japonicum. It mainly distributes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the south of the Yangtze River Basin, and poses a great threat to people's life and health. This paper briefly reviews the hard process of Yujiang people's elimination of Oncomelania and overcoming schistosomiasis under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, aiming to elaborate the formation, development and practical significance of Yujiang's schistosomiasis control spirit. The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the decisive factor for the elimination of schistosomiasis in Yujiang, and the grass-roots party organizations play an important role in the final victory. Yujiang's great campaign to eliminate schistosomiasis has profoundly revealed the incomparable superiority of the socialist system in China, it has important reference significance for the prevention and control of infectious diseases under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

Key words: Yujiang, Schistosomiasis, Yujiang spirit of schistosomiasis control