Change patterns of oncomelanid snail burden in areas within the Yangtze River drainage after the three gorges dam operated

Change patterns of oncomelanid snail burden in areas within the Yangtze River drainage after the three gorges dam operated

Abstract Background An “integrated control” strategy has been implemented within seven provinces at highest risk for schistosomiasis along Yangtze River in Peoples’ Republic of China (P. R. China) since 2004. Since Oncomelania hupensis is the only intermediate host of the blood fluke (Schistosoma ja...

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Main Authors: Si-Min Dai, Jeffrey Edwards, Zhou Guan, Shan Lv, Shi-Zhu Li, Li-Juan Zhang, Jun Feng, Ning Feng, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Jing Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Schistosomiasis
Oncomelania hupensis
Yangtze River
Three gorges dam
China
Operational research
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-019-0562-4

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