African schistosomiasis in mainland China: Risk of transmission and countermeasures to tackle the risk

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Wei ^a,b,c   Liang, You Sheng ^a,b,c   Hong, Qing Biao ^a,b,c   Dai, Jian Rong ^a,b,c  

^a JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Molecular Biology of Parasites   (China)

Author keywords

African schistosomiasis; Biomphalaria straminea; China; Imported case; Research priority; Transmission risk

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; BULINUS; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RESEARCH PRIORITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA INTERCALATUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

BIOMPHALARIA STRAMINEA; GASTROPODA; JAPONICA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84883103824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-249     Document Type: Review

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