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As the YEB covers most endemic provinces of schistosomiasis japonica featured by low endemicity, this study aimed to investigate the spatiotemporal distribution pattern of Oncomelania hupensis (O. hupensis), which serves as the only intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum in the YEB. Annual data reflecting the distribution of O. hupensis from 2015 to 2021 were collected from the National Institute of Parasitic Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Spatial autocorrelation analysis, hotspot analysis and space\u2013time scan analysis were performed to explore the aggregation features and spatiotemporal dynamics of the snail distribution. The distribution of both total snail habitats (during 2015\u20132021) and emerging snail habitats (in 2016, 2018 and 2020) showed spatial autocorrelation (Z = 15.8~16.1, p &lt; 0.05; Z = 2.3~7.5, p &lt; 0.05). Hotspot (high-value areas in space) counties were mainly clustered in the alluvial plain of the middle and lower reaches of the YEB. Eight spatial and temporal clusters of snail habitats were scanned and were mainly concentrated in the counties of Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan and Jiangsu provinces along the Yangtze River. The YEB carries a tremendous burden of O. hupensis. Surveillance and risk identification based on the snail presence should be strengthened to provide reference for protecting humans and public health security in the YEB.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/tropicalmed8020071","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,19]],"date-time":"2023-01-19T05:06:14Z","timestamp":1674104774000},"page":"71","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Unraveling the Variation Pattern of Oncomelania hupensis in the Yangtze River Economic Belt Based on Spatiotemporal Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9892-4516","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lu","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Parasitic Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Disease Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Disease, National Center for International Research on Tropical Disease, Shanghai 200025, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lijuan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Parasitic Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Disease Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Disease, National Center for International Research on Tropical Disease, Shanghai 200025, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yinlong","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Parasitic Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Disease Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Disease, National Center for International Research on Tropical Disease, Shanghai 200025, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhong","family":"Hong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Parasitic Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Disease Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Disease, National Center for International Research on Tropical Disease, Shanghai 200025, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qiang","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Parasitic Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Disease Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Disease, National Center for International Research on Tropical Disease, Shanghai 200025, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9837-1728","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wangping","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Parasitic Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Disease Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Disease, National Center for International Research on Tropical Disease, Shanghai 200025, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3172-5218","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shizhu","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Parasitic Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Disease Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Disease, National Center for International Research on Tropical Disease, Shanghai 200025, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jing","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Parasitic Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Disease Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Disease, National Center for International Research on Tropical Disease, Shanghai 200025, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"7178","DOI":"10.1007\/s10668-021-01743-z","article-title":"Measuring local progress of the 2030 Agenda for SDGs in the Yangtze River Economic Zone, China","volume":"24","author":"Wei","year":"2022","journal-title":"Environ. 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