A Google Earth-based surveillance system for schistosomiasis japonica implemented in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Due to the success of the national schistosomiasis control programme in China, transmission has been sufficiently reduced in many areas to severely limit identification of areas at risk by conventional snail surveys only. In this stu...

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Main Authors: Sun Le-Ping, Liang You-Sheng, Wu Hong-Hui, Tian Zeng-Xi, Dai Jian-Rong, Yang Kun, Hong Qing-Biao, Zhou Xiao-Nong, Yang Guo-Jing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Online Access:http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/4/1/223