Contrasting reservoirs for Schistosoma japonicum between marshland and hilly regions in Anhui, China a two-year longitudinal parasitological survey

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-110

  Lu, Da Bing ^a   Wang, Tian Ping ^b   Rudge, James W ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^a   Fang, Guo Ren ^b   Webster, Joanne P ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b Anhui Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

China; Domestic animals; Infection prevalence; Rodents; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CATS; CATTLE; CHINA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RODENTIA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SNAILS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 75149133152     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200999103X     Document Type: Article

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