Impact of the South-to-North water diversion project on the transmission of Schistosoma japonicum in China

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-29

  Wang, W ^a,b,c,d   Dai, J R ^a,b,c,d   Liang, Y S ^a,b,c,d   Huang, Y X ^a,b,c,d   Coles, G C ^e  

^a JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Molecular Biology of Parasites   (China)

^d Jiangsu Provincial Key Subject on Parasitic Diseases Meiyuan   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHINA; FLUID INTAKE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POND; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SNAIL; WATER SUPPLY; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SEASONS; SNAILS; TEMPERATURE; WATER SUPPLY;

GASTROPODA; JAPONICA; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 58849141702     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485909X384974     Document Type: Article

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