Multi-host transmission dynamics of Schistosoma japonicum in Samar Province, the Philippines

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 0070-0078

  Riley, Steven ^a   Carabin, Hélène ^b   Bélisle, Patrick ^c   Joseph, Lawrence ^c   Tallo, Veronica ^d   Balolong, Ernesto ^d   Willingham III, A Lee ^e   Fernandez Jr , Tomas J ^f   O'Neal Gonzales, Ryan ^d   Olveda, Remigio ^d   McGarvey, Stephen T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TREMATODIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHILIPPINES; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SNAILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 38849200255     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050018     Document Type: Article

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