An examination of current control strategies for Asian schistosomiasis in the Dongting lake region of China II. A five year follow-up survey on Qingshan island

Acta Tropica

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-104

  Ross, A G P ^a   Li, Y S ^a,b   Williams, G M ^a   Li, Y ^b   Sleigh, A S ^a   Zhang, X ^b   Zhou, D ^b   McManus, D P ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b HUNAN INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

Author keywords

Asian schistosomiasis; Control strategies; Hepatosplenomegaly; Intensity; Morbidity; Praziquantel; Prevalence; Schistosoma japonicum

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLENOMEGALY; TRICHURIS;

ASIA; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN ASIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH; INCIDENCE--CHANGES; MEASUREMENT; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITIC DISEASES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS; TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0030847477     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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