The emergence of angiostrongyliasis in the People's Republic of China: The interplay between invasive snails, climate change and transmission dynamics

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 717-734

  Lv, Shan ^a,b,c   Zhang, Yi ^c   Steinmann, Peter ^a,b,c   Yang, Guo Jing ^d   Yang, Kun ^d   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^c   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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

^d JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Climate change; Invasive snail; Pomacea canaliculata; Vulnerable area

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; POMACEA CANALICULATA; RATTUS;

EID: 79952204223     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02579.x     Document Type: Article

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