[Current situation of scientific research capacity of schistosomiasis control institutions of municipal cities in Hubei Province].

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the levels of the Chinese literature published by the schistosomiasis control institutions of 17 municipal cities of Hubei Province. METHODS: The related literature published from 2008 to 2012 was searched from the databases of CNKI, VIP and Wanfang and then screened by the exclusion criteria. NoteExpress and Excel softwares were applied to collect the literature and carry out the bibliometric analysis. RESULTS: A total of 168 papers were included and the schistosomiasis control institutes of Jingzhou City and Wuhan City had the highest amount. The literature was mainly published in Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control and Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. The comprehensive influence indexes of the schistosomiasis control institutes of Jingzhou, Wuhan and Qianjiang cities were higher. The schistosomiasis control institutes of Jingzhou City had an extensive content of literature while Wuhan was mainly focused on epidemiology, case report and Oncomelania hupensis snail control. CONCLUSION: The research of schistosomiasis in each municipal city has an extensive content and the research capacity of the schistosomiasis control institute of Jingzhou City is relatively outstanding.

[Performance of detection and treatment in schistosomiasis in Hubei Province, 2011].

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of schistosomiasis detection and treatment program in Hubei Province in 2011, so as to enhance the benefit and management of the program. METHODS: In 63 schistosomiasis epidemic counties of Hubei Province, there were 3 types of endemic situation, that was endemic controlled, transmission controlled, and transmission interrupted. Six counties (districts) in each type were selected by the stratified random sampling method. The data including schistosomiasis detection and treatment, fund utilization and others were collected and analyzed statistically in 2011. RESULTS: The completion rate of schistosomiasis detection task was 103.9% and the completion rate of chemotherapy task 106.9%. The total fund was 73.815 million Yuan. The detection cost accounted for 12.0% while the chemotherapy cost accounted for 4.9%. The detection cost per capita was 9.03 Yuan and the treatment cost per capita was 10.35 Yuan. The cost effectiveness ratio was 1:6.1 and the net cost effectiveness ratio was 1:5.1. CONCLUSION: The social-economic benefits in schistosomiasis control and treatment are obvious. However, the resource allocation still needs to be optimized.

[Bibliometric research on Chinese literatures published by five provincial institutes of schistosomiasis prevention and control in lake regions of China from 2002 to 2011].

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the status of the Chinese literatures published by the 5 institutes of schistosomiasis prevention and control in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces from 2002 to 2011. METHODS: All the Chinese literatures on schistosomiasis research published by the five provincial institutes of schistosomiasis prevention and control in lake regions of China from 2002 to 2011 were collected and analyzed by using the bibliometric software NoteExpress 2. Authors, journals, published date, and study affiliations were captured. RESULTS: The number of the published literatures from 2002 to 2011 was 1 127 and the comprehensive influence index was 984.547 presenting an uptrend. Most of the papers were published in the Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control accounting for 50.5%, and the core authors based on Zhou, Liang, and Hong were formed. Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases was the first in all the statistical indexes. However, there existed an unbalanced phenomenon among the five provinces in the total status, author's information and the comprehensive influence index. CONCLUSIONS: The number of the literatures increased steadily and the quality improved especially in Jiangsu Province. However, there exists an obvious imbalance in literature type distribution. The communication of scientific research is an urgent need in order to improve scientific research.