Possible effects of the Three Gorges dam on the transmission of Schistosoma japonicum on the Jiang Han plain, China

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 333-341

  Xu, X J ^a   Wei, F H ^a   Yang, X X ^a   Dai, Y H ^b   Yu, G Y ^a   Chen, L Y ^a   Su, Z M ^a  

^a Hubei Inst of Schistosomiasis C   (China)

^b Hubei Off of Schistosomiasis Contr   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MASS SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RESERVOIR; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GASTROPODA; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0034120068     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.2000.11813548     Document Type: Article

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