Factors influencing the transmission of Schistosoma japonicum in the mountains of Sichuan province of China

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-56

  Spear, Robert C ^a   Seto, Edmund ^a   Liang, Song ^a   Birkner, Merrill ^a   Hubbard, Alan ^a   Qiu, Dongchuan ^b   Yang, Changhong ^b   Zhong, Bo ^b   Xu, Fashen ^b   Gu, Xueguang ^b   Davis, George M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sichuan Inst of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CHINA; CROP; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAIL; TOBACCO; VEGETABLE; AGE; ANIMAL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TREMATODA;

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SEX FACTORS; SNAILS; WATER;

EID: 1542319124     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.48     Document Type: Article

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