Spatially explicit modeling of schistosomiasis risk in eastern China based on a synthesis of epidemiological, environmental and intermediate host genetic data.

• Main Authors: Matthias Schrader (Author), Torsten Hauffe (Author), Zhijie Zhang (Author), George M Davis (Author), Fred Jopp (Author), Justin V Remais (Author), Thomas Wilke (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Schistosomiasis japonica is a major parasitic disease threatening millions of people in China. Though overall prevalence was greatly reduced during the second half of the past century, continued persistence in some areas and cases of re-emergence in others remain major concerns. As many regions in C...