Current Status of Schistosomiasis Control and Prospects for Elimination in the Dongting Lake Region of the People’s Republic of China

Current Status of Schistosomiasis Control and Prospects for Elimination in the Dongting Lake Region of the People’s Republic of China

Schistosomiasis japonica is an ancient parasitic disease that has severely impacted human health causing a substantial disease burden not only to the Chinese people but also residents of other countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia and, before the 1970s, Japan. Since the founding of the new Pe...

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Main Authors: Fei-Yue Li, Xun-Ya Hou, Hong-Zhuan Tan, Gail M. Williams, Darren J. Gray, Catherine A. Gordon, Johanna Kurscheid, Archie C. A. Clements, Yue-Sheng Li, Donald P. McManus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
schistosomiasis
Schistosoma japonicum
epidemiology
control
elimination
People’s Republic of China
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2020.574136/full

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