Schistosomiasis japonica intervention study on poyang lake, China: The snail's tale

Malacologia

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-105

  Davis, George M ^a   Wu, Wei Ping ^b   Williams, Gail ^c   Liu, Hong Yun ^d   Lu, Shang Biao ^d   Chen, Hong Gen ^d   Zheng, Feng ^b   McManus, Donald P ^e   Guo, Jia Gang ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; China; Disease transmission; Ecological partitioning; Epidemiology; Hot spots; Intervention; Oncomelania hupensis; Poyang lake; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis; Snail infections

Indexed keywords

BUBALUS; GASTROPODA; JAPONICA; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 33845785321     PISSN: 00762997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4002/1543-8120-49.1.79     Document Type: Article

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