Schistosomiasis control: experiences and lessons from China

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9652, 2008, Pages 1793-1795

  Wang, Longde ^a   Utzinger, Jürg ^b   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^c  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCACIDE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHINA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TROPICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 56249095774     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61358-6     Document Type: Note

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