Influence of urbanization on schistosomiasis infection risk in Anhui Province based on sixteen year's longitudinal surveillance data: a spatio-temporal modelling study

• Main Authors: Xin Liu (Author), Yang Sun (Author), Yun Yin (Author), Xiaofeng Dai (Author), Robert Bergquist (Author), Fenghua Gao (Author), Rui Liu (Author), Jie Liu (Author), Fuju Wang (Author), Xiao Lv (Author), Zhijie Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Urbanization greatly affects the natural and social environment of human existence and may have a multifactoral impact on parasitic diseases. Schistosomiasis, a common parasitic disease transmitted by the snail Oncomelania hupensis, is mainly found in areas with population aggreg...