血吸虫病是一种严重危害人民身体健康的疾病。流行74个国家,其中受害最严重的有16个国家,6亿以上的人受感染威胁,已感染的约2亿人。我国南方12个省、市、自治区的344个县、市曾有血吸虫病流行,现已有240多个县、市达到了基本消灭或消灭。目前除我国和日本在防治血吸虫病工作中已取得显著成绩外,多数国家和地区的流行仍相当严重,甚至有上升的趋势。现将近年来的研究进展分别简述如下: Schistosomiasis is a disease that seriously affects people’s health. Popular in 74 countries, of which 16 are the hardest hit, more than 600 million are at risk of infection and some 200 million have been infected. Schistosomiasis has been endemic in 344 counties and cities in 12 provinces, cities and autonomous regions of the southern part of our country. There are now over 240 counties and cities that have basically wiped out or eliminated them. At present, except for the outstanding achievements made by our country and Japan in the prevention and treatment of schistosomiasis, the prevalence in most countries and regions is still quite serious and even rising. Now the research progress in recent years are summarized as follows: