Shifts in the spatiotemporal dynamics of schistosomiasis: a case study in Anhui Province, China.

• Main Authors: Yi Hu (Author), Rui Li (Author), Yue Chen (Author), Fenghua Gao (Author), Qizhi Wang (Author), Shiqing Zhang (Author), Zhijie Zhang (Author), Qingwu Jiang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:The Chinese national surveillance system showed that the risk of Schistosoma japonicum infection fluctuated temporally. This dynamical change might indicate periodicity of the disease, and its understanding could significantly improve targeted interventions to reduce the burden of schisto...