Five-year longitudinal assessment of the downstream impact on schistosomiasis transmission following closure of the Three Gorges Dam.

• Main Authors: Darren J Gray (Author), Aaron P Thrift (Author), Gail M Williams (Author), Feng Zheng (Author), Yue-Sheng Li (Author), Jiagang Guo (Author), Honggen Chen (Author), Tianping Wang (Author), Xin Jiang Xu (Author), Rong Zhu (Author), Hongqing Zhu (Author), Chun Li Cao (Author), Dan Dan Lin (Author), Zhen Yuan Zhao (Author), Robert S Li (Author), George M Davis (Author), Donald P McManus (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Schistosoma japonicum is a major public health concern in the Peoples' Republic of China (PRC), with about 800,000 people infected and another 50 million living in areas at risk of infection. Based on ecological, environmental, population genetic and molecular factors, schistosomiasis transmiss...