Identifying high-risk areas of schistosomiasis and associated risk factors in the Poyang Lake region, China

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1099-1107

  Peng, W X ^a   Tao, B ^b   Clements, A ^c,d   Jiang, Q L ^b   Zhang, Z J ^a   Zhou, Y B ^a   Jiang, Q W ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xingzi Anti schistosomiasis Station   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian geostatistical modelling; Geographical information system; Risk factors; Schistosomiasis; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAKE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAIL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SNAILS; YOUNG ADULT;

GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 77953613324     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200999206X     Document Type: Article

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