Reducing Canine Echinococcus Infection with Smart Deworming Collars - Tibet, China, June-November, 2020

Shijie Yang; Ning Xiao; Jingzhong Li; Gongsang Quzhen; Junying Ma; Qing Yu; Zhaohui Luo; Huasheng Pang; Danzeng Quzhen; Suolang Wangjie; Xiao-Nong Zhou

doi:10.46234/ccdcw2020.265

Reducing Canine Echinococcus Infection with Smart Deworming Collars - Tibet, China, June-November, 2020

China CDC Wkly. 2020 Dec 18;2(51):979-982. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2020.265.

Authors

Shijie Yang¹, Ning Xiao^{1

2}, Jingzhong Li³, Gongsang Quzhen³, Junying Ma⁴, Qing Yu¹, Zhaohui Luo³, Huasheng Pang³, Danzeng Quzhen³, Suolang Wangjie³, Xiao-Nong Zhou^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, China.
² One Health Center, School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
³ Tibet Center for Disease Control and Prevention, NHC Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis Prevention and Control, Lhasa, Tibet, China.
⁴ Qinghai Institute for Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Xining, Qinghai, China.

Abstract

What is already known about this topic?

Existing manual deworming programs launched have made great progress in reducing the Echinococcus infection rate of domestic dogs, but significant challenges remain in scattered nomadic communities inhabiting the Tibetan Plateau. The low deworming frequency and low levels of coverage were responsible for the high infection rate of Echinococcus spp. among dogs.

What is added by this report?

Smart deworming collars controlled by a remote management system (RMS) was found to increase the deworming frequency and coverage and subsequently reduce the canine infection rates with Echinococcusspp..

What are the implications for public health practice?

As an innovative tool, smart deworming collars may drive the paradigm shift from manual deworming to smart deworming and stop the transmission of echinococcosis.

Copyright and License information: Editorial Office of CCDCW, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2020.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Ganzi Prefecture Workgroup Projects for Echinococcosis Prevention and Control, China CDC (2016-07, 2017-06, 2018-02, 2019-02), the NHC Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis Prevention and Control Project (Supported by the Non-profit Central Research Institute Fund of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2019PT320004), and the Key R & D Transformation Projects, Qinghai (2020-SF-133).