中国针灸学会:贡献中国智慧,引领针灸发展

1.History and today Acupuncture and moxibustion is an important component of traditional Chinese medicine.According to statistics from the World Health Organization(WHO),113 WHO Member States have endorsed the application of acupuncture and moxibustion.Acupuncture and moxibustion has been the most widely used intervention of traditional and alternative medicine globally;thereby playing a pivotal role in enhancing the health of people worldwide.China,being the birthplace of acupuncture and moxibustion,as well as the country with the highest investment and output in acupuncture scientific research.The science and technology societies of acupuncture and moxibustion in China inherit the theory and practice of acupuncture and moxibustion,assemble the relevant findings from scientific researches,communicate and promote the practical technology,boost the understanding,exchange,and cooperation on acupuncture and moxibustion around the researchers around the world,serving the course of health for all.Being the earliest member,China Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion(CAAM)plays a crucial role among science and technology societies of acupuncture and moxibustion in China.

Identification of the high-risk area for schistosomiasis transmission in China based on information value and machine learning:a newly data-driven modeling attempt

Background:Schistosomiasis control is striving forward to transmission interruption and even elimination,evidence-lead control is of vital importance to eliminate the hidden dan gers of schistosomiasis.This study attempts to ide ntify high risk areas of schistosomiasis in China by using in formation value and machine learni ng.

Projecting the proliferation risk of Oncomelania hupensis in China driven by SSPs:A multi-scenario comparison and integrated modeling study

Climate change has been known to cause variations in the geographically suitable areas for the schistosome-transmitting Oncomelania hupensis(O.hupensis).The spread of snails not only depends on the degree of warming but also on the socioeconomic development of the next few decades.Shared socioeconomic pathways(SSPs)published by CMIP6 consider carbon emission pathways as well as influences of distinct types of social development and land use on the regional climate,providing the possibility to accurately evaluate the impact of socioeconomic development and climate variation on the spread of O.hupensis.This study employed SSP126,SSP245,SSP370,and SSP585 and the correlative approach to explore the impacts of climate change and socioeconomic development on the potential diffusion areas for O.hupensis in China.The results exhibited strong evidence that O.hupensis will spread in the north of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and disappear from a small part of its current southern habitat,whereas in Sichuan and Yunnan,O.hupensis may spread slightly to the southeast.The projection also demonstrated that fossil fuel-driven development(SSP585)will be more conducive to the spread of O.hupensis breeding sites in the 2030s,whereas the continuous increase in snail breeding habitats under the regional rivalry path(SSP370)may lead to great challenges in snail control in the long term(2020-2080).

Molecular evidence on the presence of Schistosoma japonicum infection in snails along the Yangtze River, 2015–2019

Background: Due to sustained control activities,the prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum infection in humans,livestock and snails has decreased significantly in P.R.China,and the target has shifted from control to elimination according to the Outline of Healthy China 2030 Plan.Applying highly sensitive methods to explore the presence of S.japonicum infection in its intermediate host will benefit to assess the endemicity or verify the transmission interruption of schistosomiasis accurately.The aim of this study was to access the presence of S.japonicum infection by a loop-mediated isothermal amplification(LAMP)method through a 5-year longitudinal study in five lake provinces along the Yangtze River.Methods: Based on previous epidemiological data,about 260 villages with potential transmission risk of schistosomiasis were selected from endemic counties in five lake provinces along the Yangtze River annually from 2015 to 2019.Snail surveys were conducted in selected villages by systematic sampling method and/or environmental sampling method each year.All live snails collected from field were detected by microscopic dissection method,and then about one third of them were detected by LAMP method to assess the presence of S.japonicum infection with a single blind manner.The infection rate and nucleic acid positive rate of schistosomes in snails,as well as the indicators reflecting the snails’distribution were calculated and analyzed.Fisher's exact test was used to examine any change of positive rate of schistosomes in snails over time.Results: The 5-year survey covered 94,241 ha of environment with 33,897 ha of snail habitats detected accumulatively.Totally 145.3 ha new snail habitats and 524.4 ha re-emergent snail habitats were found during 2015–2019.The percentage of frames with snails decreased from 5.93%[45,152/761,492,95%confidence intervals(CI):5.88–5.98%]in 2015 to 5.25%(30,947/589,583,95%CI:5.19–5.31%)in 2019,while the mean density of living snails fluctuated but presented a downward trend generally from 0.20 snails/frame(155,622/761,492,95%CI:0.17–0.37)in 2015 to 0.13 snails/frame(76,144/589,583,95%CI:0.11–0.39)in 2019.A total of 555,393 live snails were collected,none of them was positive by dissection method.Totally 17 pooling snail samples were determined as positives by LAMP method among 8716 pooling samples with 174,822 of living snails,distributed in 12 villages of Hubei,Hunan,Jiangxi and Anhui provinces.The annual average positive rate was 0.41%(95%CI:0.13–0.69%)in 2015,0%in 2016,0.36%(95%CI:0.09–0.63%)in 2017,0.05%(95%CI:0–0.16%)in 2018,0.05%(95%CI:0–0.15%)in 2019,respectively,presenting a downward trend from 2015 to 2019 with statistical significance(χ^(2)=11.64,P<0.05).Conclusions: The results suggest that S.japonicum infection still persisted in nature along the Yangtze River and traditional techniques might underestimate the prevalence of schistosomiasis in its intermediate hosts.Exploring and integrating molecular techniques into national surveillance programme could improve the sensitivity of surveillance system and provide guidance on taking actions against schistosomiasis.

Treatment of pulmonary fibrosis in one convalescent patient with corona virus disease 2019 by oral traditional Chinese medicine decoction:A case report

After one-month of oral treatment with traditional Chinese medicine decoction,without using other drugs,the lung inflammatory exudate,pulmonary fibrosis and quality of life of a 61-year-old female patient with corona virus disease 2019(COVID-19)were significantly improved.No recurrence or deterioration of the patient’s condition was found within seven weeks of treatment and follow-up,and no adverse events occurred,indicating that oral Chinese medicine decoction was able to improve the pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis in a patient recovering from COVID-19,but further research is still needed.