Five-year longitudinal assessment of the downstream impact on schistosomiasis transmission following closure of the Three Gorges Dam

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Gray, Darren J ^a,b,c   Thrift, Aaron P ^a,c   Williams, Gail M ^c   Zheng, Feng ^d   Li, Yue Sheng ^a,e   Guo, Jiagang ^d   Chen, Honggen ^f   Wang, Tianping ^g   Xu, Xin Jiang ^h   Zhu, Rong ^d   Zhu, Hongqing ^d   Cao, Chun Li ^d   Da Lin, Dann ^f   Zhao, Zhen Yuan ^e   Li, Robert S ^b,c   Davis, George M ⁱ   McManus, Donald P ^b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^g Anhui Institute for Schistosomiasis Control   (China)

^h Hubei Institute for Schistosomiasis Control   (China)

ⁱ GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COW; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; WATER ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRAZIQUANTEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861218644     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001588     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. McManus DP, Gray DJ, Li YS, Feng Z, Williams GM, et al. (2010) Schistosomiasis in the Peoples' Republic of China: The era of the Three Gorges Dam. Clin Microbial Rev 23: 442-466.
2. Zhou XN, Wang LY, Chen MG, Wu XH, Jiang QW, et al. (2005) The public health significance and control of schistosomiasis in China-then and now. Acta Trop 96: 97-105.
3. Davis GM, Wilke T, Zhang Y, Xu XJ, Qiu CP, et al. (1999) Snail-Schistosoma, Paragonimus interactions in China: population ecology, genetic diversity, coevolution and emerging diseases. Malacologia 41: 355-377.
4. Zhu R, Gray DJ, Thrift AP, Williams GM, Zhang Y, et al. (2011) A 5-year longitudinal study of schistosomiasis transmission in Shian village, the Anning River Valley, Sichuan Province, the Peoples' Republic of China. Parasit Vectors 4: 43.
5. Stone R, (2008) China's environmental challenges. Three Gorges Dam: into the unknown. Science 321: 628-632.
6. Seto EYW, Wu WP, Liu HY, Chen HG, Hubbard A, et al. (2008) Impact of changing water levels and weather on Oncomelania hupensis hupensis populations, the snail host of Schistosoma japonicum, downstream of the Three Gorges Dam. EcoHealth 5: 149-158.
7. Zhu HM, Xiang S, Yang K, Wu XH, Zhou XN, (2008) Three Gorges Dam and its impact on the potential transmission of schistosomiasis in regions along the Yangtze River. Ecohealth 5: 137-148.
8. Zheng J, Gu XG, Xu YL, Ge JH, Yang XX, et al. (2002) Relationship between the transmission of Schistosomiasis japonica and the construction of the Three Gorge Reservoir. Acta Trop 82: 147-156.
9. Sleigh A, Jackson S, (2001) Dams, development, and health: a missed opportunity. Lancet 357: 570-571.
10. Katz N, Chaves A, Pellegrino J, (1972) A simple device for quantitative stool thick-smear technique for schistosomiasis mansoni. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 14: 397-400.
11. Guo JG, Ross AG, Lin DD, Williams GM, Chen HG, et al. (2001) A baseline study on the importance of bovines for human Schistosoma japonicum infection around Poyang Lake, China. Am J Trop Med Hyg 65: 272-278.
12. Ross AG, Yuesheng L, Sleigh AC, Williams GM, Hartel GF, et al. (1998) Measuring exposure to Schistosoma japonicum in China. I. Activity diaries to assess water contact and comparison to other measures. Acta Trop 71: 213-228.
13. WHO (2006) WHO preventive chemotherapy in human helminthiasis. World Health Organization, Geneva.
14. Kenworthy JD, Ye P, Wu GC, Yu H, Shi YJ, et al. (2003) Field evaluation of a test for praziquantel resistance in Schistosoma sp. Vet Parasitol 113: 83-87.
15. Liang YS, Dai JR, Ning A, Yu DB, Xu XJ, et al. (2001) Susceptibility of Schistosoma japonicum to praziquantel in China. Trop Med Int Health 6: 707-714.
16. Li YS, Sleigh AC, Ross AGP, Li Y, Williams GM, et al. (1999) A two-year epidemiological survey in China provides epidemiological evidence for human resistance to re-infection by Schistosoma japonicum. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 93: 629-642.
17. World Bank Loan Program completion report on infectious and endemic disease control project: schistosomiasis control component (1992-2001) Department of Disease Control & Foreign Loan Office, Ministry of Health, PR China, 2002.
18. Gray DJ, Forsyth SJ, Li RS, McManus DP, Williams GM, (2009) An innovative database for epidemiological studies of the neglected tropical diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3: e413.
19. Davis GM, Wu WP, Williams G, Liu H-Y, Lu SB, et al. (2006) Schistosomiasis japonica intervention study on Poyang Lake, China: the snail's tale. Malacologia 49: 79-105.
20. Gray DJ, Williams GM, Li YS, Chen HG, Forsyth SJ, et al. (2009) A cluster-randomised intervention trial against S. japonicum in the Peoples' Republic of China: bovine and human transmission. PLoS ONE 4: e5900.
21. Gray DJ, Williams GM, Li YS, Chen HG, Li RS, et al. A cluster-randomised bovine intervention trial against S. japonicum in the Peoples' Republic of China: Design and baseline results. Am J Trop Med Hyg 77: 866-874.
22. Guo JG, Li YS, Gray D, Ning A, Hu G, et al. (2006) A drug-based intervention study on the importance of buffaloes for human Schistosoma japonicum infection around Poyang Lake, Peoples' Republic of China. Am J Trop Med Hyg 74: 335-341.
23. Maszle DR, Whitehead PG, Johnson RC, Spear RC, (1998) Hydrological studies of schistosomiasis transport in Sichuan Province, China. Sci Total Environ 216: 193-203.
24. Li YS, Raso G, Zhao ZY, He YK, Ellis MK, et al. (2007) Large water management projects and schistosomiasis control, Dongting Lake region, China. Emerg Infect Dis 13: 973-979.
25. Gryseels B, Polman K, Clerinx J, Kestens L, (2006) Human schistosomiasis Lancet 368: 1106-1118.
26. Steinmann P, Keiser J, Bos R, Tanner M, Utzinger J, (2006) Schistosomiasis and water resources development: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimates of people at risk. Lancet Infect Dis 6: 411-425.
27. Ross AG, Sleigh AC, Li Y, Davis GM, Williams GM, et al. (2001) Schistosomiasis in the People's Republic of China: prospects and challenges for the 21st Century. Clin Micro Rev 14: 270-295.
28. Wang LD, Chen HG, Guo JG, Zeng XJ, Hong XL, et al. (2009) A strategy to control transmission of Schistosoma japonicum in China. N Eng J Med 360: 121-128.
29. Wang LD, Guo JG, Wu XH, Chen HG, Wang TP, et al. (2009) China's new strategy to block Schistosoma japonicum transmission: experiences and impact beyond schistosomiasis. Trop Med Int Health 14: 1475-1483.