Identification of high-risk habitats of Oncomelania hupensis, the intermediate host of schistosoma japonium in the Poyang Lake region, China: A spatial and ecological analysis.

• Main Authors: Congcong Xia (Author), Yi Hu (Author), Michael P Ward (Author), Henry Lynn (Author), Si Li (Author), Jun Zhang (Author), Jian Hu (Author), Shuang Xiao (Author), Chengfang Lu (Author), Shizhu Li (Author), Ying Liu (Author), Zhijie Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Identifying and eliminating snail habitats is the key measure for schistosomiasis control, critical for the nationwide strategy of eliminating schistosomiasis in China. Here, our aim was to construct a new analytical framework to predict high-risk snail habitats based...