Landscape composition and spatial prediction of alveolar echinococcosis in southern Ningxia, China.

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) presents a serious public health challenge within China. Mass screening ultrasound surveys can detect pre-symptomatic AE, but targeting areas identified from hospital records is inefficient regarding AE. Prediction of undetected or emerging hotspots would increase detect...

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Main Authors: David R J Pleydell, Yu Rong Yang, F Mark Danson, Francis Raoul, Philip S Craig, Donald P McManus, Dominique A Vuitton, Qian Wang, Patrick Giraudoux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2565701?pdf=render