Three Gorges Dam: Impact of Water Level Changes on the Density of Schistosome-Transmitting Snail Oncomelania hupensis in Dongting Lake Area, China.

• Main Authors: Jin-Yi Wu (Author), Yi-Biao Zhou (Author), Yue Chen (Author), Song Liang (Author), Lin-Han Li (Author), Sheng-Bang Zheng (Author), Shao-ping Zhu (Author), Guang-Hui Ren (Author), Xiu-Xia Song (Author), Qing-Wu Jiang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Schistosomiasis remains an important public health issue in China and worldwide. Oncomelania hupensis is the unique intermediate host of schistosoma japonicum, and its change influences the distribution of S. japonica. The Three Gorges Dam (TGD) has substantially changed the ecology and e...