Conquering schistosomiasis in China: The long march

Acta Tropica

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 69-96

  Utzinger, Jürg ^a   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^b   Chen, Ming Gang ^b   Bergquist, Robert ^c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artemisinins; Chemotherapy; China; Control; Diagnostics; Epidemiology; Geographic information systems; Morbidity; Oncomelania hupensis; Praziquantel; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis; Socio economic research; Transmission; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

AMOSCONATE; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISIN DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; MOLLUSCACIDE; NIRIDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA VACCINE; SURFACE MEMBRANE ANTIGEN SJ 67; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; MORBIDITY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

CHEMOTHERAPY; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISABILITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ERADICATION THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INSOMNIA; INTERMEDIATE HOST; JURISPRUDENCE; MALARIA; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLITICS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRURITUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RASH; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SNAIL; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CHINA; HUMANS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SNAILS; VACCINES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ARTESUNATE; GASTROPODA; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 26944436672     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.08.004     Document Type: Review

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