Dynamics of spatial clustering of schistosomiasis in the Yangtze River Valley at the end of and following the World Bank Loan Project

Parasitology International

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 500-505

  Hu, Yi ^a,b   Xiong, Chenglong ^a   Zhang, Zhijie ^a,b   Luo, Can ^c   Ward, Michael ^d   Gao, Jie ^a   Zhang, Lijuan ^e   Jiang, Qingwu ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Changsha Environmental Protection Vocational Technical College   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Schistosomiasis; Spatial clustering; World Bank Loan Project (WBLP); Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LAKE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LAKES; PREVALENCE; RIVERS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SEASONS;

EID: 84896883495     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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