Quantifying quality of life and disability of patients with advanced schistosomiasis japonica.

• Main Authors: Tie-Wu Jia (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Yao Deng (Author), Kun Yang (Author), Yi-Yi Li (Author), Jin-Huan Zhu (Author), Charles H King (Author), Xiao-Nong Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The Chinese government lists advanced schistosomiasis as a leading healthcare priority due to its serious health and economic impacts, yet it has not been included in the estimates of schistosomiasis burden in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. Therefore, the qu...