Effectiveness of a comprehensive schistosomiasis japonica control program in Jiangsu province, China, from 2005 to 2008

Acta Tropica

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Hong, Qing biao ^a   Yang, Kun ^a   Huang, Yi xin ^a   Sun, Le ping ^a   Yang, Guo jing ^a   Gao, Yang ^b   Gao, Yuan ^c   Zhang, Lian heng ^d   Zhou, Min ^e   Steinmann, Peter ^f,g,h   Liang, You sheng ^a  

^a JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^b Yangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Nanjing Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Zhenjiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e Wuxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

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

^g SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

China; Control; Effectiveness; Jiangsu; Livestock; Program; Schistosoma japonicum; Snail

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH EDUCATION; LIVESTOCK; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILD; CHINA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAILOR; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SNAIL; TREMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SNAILS; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; JIANGSU; YANGTZE RIVER;

GASTROPODA; JAPONICA; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 80054041786     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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