Identifying host species driving transmission of schistosomiasis japonica, a multihost parasite system, in China

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 11457-11462

  Rudge, James W ^a,b   Webster, Joanne P ^a   Lu, Da Bing ^a,c   Wang, Tian Ping ^d   Fang, Guo Ren ^d   Basáñez, María Gloria ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Anhui Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; HOST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHINA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

BOS; BUBALUS; JAPONICA; RODENTIA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; VERMES;

EID: 84879972308     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221509110     Document Type: Article

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