Toward sustainable and comprehensive control of Schistosomiasis in China: Lessons from Sichuan

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Seto, Edmund Y W ^a   Remais, Justin V ^b   Carlton, Elizabeth J ^a   Wang, Shuo ^a   Liang, Song ^c   Brindley, Paul J ^d   Qiu, Dongchuan ^e   Spear, Robert C ^a   Wang, Long De ^f   Wang, Tian Ping ^g   Chen, Hong Gen ^h   Dong, Xing Qi ⁱ   Wang, Li Ying ^j   Hao, Yang ^j   Bergquist, Robert ^k   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^g Anhui Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^h Jiangxi Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

ⁱ Yunnan Institute of Endemic Diseases   (China)

^j BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^k Ingerod ^*  (Sweden)

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

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COST CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80055068798     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001372     Document Type: Article

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