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

• Main Authors: Si-Min Dai (Author), Jeffrey Edwards (Author), Zhou Guan (Author), Shan Lv (Author), Shi-Zhu Li (Author), Li-Juan Zhang (Author), Jun Feng (Author), Ning Feng (Author), Xiao-Nong Zhou (Author), Jing Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...