01364nas a2200157   4500000000100000008004100001100001100042700001000053700001100063245004100074856008800115300001500203490000700218520096700225022001401192       2015                            d1 aQian M1 aXia S1 aZhou X00aSoil-transmitted helminths in China.  uhttp://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(15)00373-4/fulltext   a1262 -12630 v153 a<div><u>Editor's summary</u>:</div>

<div>In their study (" Global feasibility assessment of interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths: a statistical modelling study" - August 2015) Simon Brooker and colleagues analysed the feasibility of interrupting transmission of soil-transmitted helminths from a global view. It is encouraging that China is listed in the “most feasible” group. Indeed, drastic economic development and helminth control activity have contributed to the great decrease in soil-transmitted helminths in China: the estimated number of infected people declined from 536 million in 1988–1992 to 129 million in 2001–04.<sup>2</sup> Furthermore, recent data from national surveillance has shown a continuing pattern of decline.</div>

<p>For more information see: <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1473309915003734">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1473309915003734</a></p>
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