Spatial distribution of human Schistosoma japonicum infections in the Dongting Lake region, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Raso, Giovanna ^a,b,c   Li, Yuesheng ^c,d   Zhao, Zhengyuan ^d,e   Balen, Julie ^c,f,g   Williams, Gail M ^f   McManus, Donald P ^c  

^a CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d HUNAN INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^e CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; BUFFALO; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; RESERVOIR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

BUBALUS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BUFFALOES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

EID: 70349221439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006947     Document Type: Article

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