Effect of control strategies on prevalence, incidence and re-infection of clonorchiasis in endemic areas of China

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Choi, Min Ho ^a   Park, Sue K ^a,b   Li, Zhimin ^c   Ji, Zhuo ^c   Yu, Gui ^d   Feng, Zheng ^e   Xu, Longqi ^e   Cho, Seung Yull ^f   Rim, Han Jong ^g   Lee, Soon Hyung ^a,g   Hong, Sung Tae ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Heilongjiang Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d The Zhaoyuan Center for Disease Control and prevention   (China)

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

^f Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^g Korea Health Promotion Foundation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLONORCHIASIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EGG PARASITOID; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REINFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLONORCHIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649228780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000601     Document Type: Article

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