关键词: 青藏铁路, 鼠疫, 防治

Abstract:

Objective　The study summarizes and analyzes the data of plague surveillance along the Qinghai?Tibet railway since its construction in Qinghai province, and provides scientific assessment of the plague epidemic dynamics in the region to support the establishment of prevention and treatment of plague along the Qinghai?Tibet railway. Methods　Monitoring was conducted at the designated sites in accordance with the Technological Solutions for Prevention and Control of Plague along the Qinghai?Tibet railway and the Prevention and Control Program of Plague along the Qinghai?Tibet railway, national?level surveillance sites deployed along the railway line in accordance with the National Plague Surveillance Program. Meta?analysis was performed based on the plague monitoring data from 2001 to 2008 along the Qinghai?Tibet railway in Qinghai province. Results　An area of 224 190 km² had been monitored, a total of 5822 specimen of rodent materials, 2617 samples of vector materials, 4966 samples of animal sera, 93 isolates of Yersinia pestis strains were collected from 2001 to 2008, including 249 cases of positive sera. Conclusion　In recent years, increased plague transmission in animal populations had been observed along the Qinghai?Tibet railway, with high  plague?endemic  in Wulan county and Tianjun county along the railway. Therefore, relevant departments should attach great importance to preventing plague from long?distance spread along the Qinghai?Tibet railway line.

Key words: Qinghai?Tibet railway, Plague, Prevention and control