Effect of control strategies on prevalence, incidence and re-infection of clonorchiasis in endemic areas of China.

• Main Authors: Min-Ho Choi (Author), Sue K Park (Author), Zhimin Li (Author), Zhuo Ji (Author), Gui Yu (Author), Zheng Feng (Author), Longqi Xu (Author), Seung-Yull Cho (Author), Han-Jong Rim (Author), Soon-Hyung Lee (Author), Sung-Tae Hong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: A pilot clonorchiasis control project was implemented to evaluate the efficacies of various chemotherapy strategies on prevalence, incidence and re-infection in Heilongjiang Province, China. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Seven intervention groups (14,139 residents, about 2000 in each group) in h...