Eco-social determinants of Schistosoma japonicum infection supported by multi-level modelling in Eryuan county, People's Republic of China

Acta Tropica

Volumn 141, Issue Part B, 2015, Pages 391-398

  Yang, Kun ^a   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^b   Jia, Tie Wu ^b   Yang, Guo Jing ^a   Wu, Xiao Hua ^b   Shi, Xue Wen ^c   Li, Hong Jun ^c   Steinmann, Peter ^d,e   Utzinger, Jürg ^d,e   Bergquist, Robert ^f  

^a JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

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

^c Eryuan Institute for Schistosomiasis Control   (China)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bayesian multilevel model; Eco social determinants; People's Republic of China; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SNAIL; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; ANIMAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SNAILS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916936417     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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