Effect of an integrated control strategy for schistosomiasis japonica in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China: an evaluation from 2005 to 2008

Table 1 S. japonicum prevalence in humans and livestock and acute infections in the 107 villages in a pilot control program of Jiangsu Province, from 2003 to 2008

Year	No. people examined	No. infected people	Prevalence of residents (%)	No. acute infections	No. livestock detected		No. infected livestock		Prevalence of livestock (%)
					Total	In: bovine detected	Total	Infected bovine	Total	In: bovine
2003	140868	802	0.57	116	9849	5424	39	35	0.4	0.65
2004	237443	478	0.2	38	9526	4956	35	15	0.37	0.3
2005	229979	298	0.13	11	15928	3900	16	8	0.1	0.21
2006	264357	90	0.03	2	16170	2724	6	3	0.04	0.11
2007	305719	45	0.01	0	14215	2198	2	2	0.01	0.09
2008	252323	44	0.02	0	13705	1604	0	0	0	0

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