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Water-Related Parasitic Diseases in China

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  • Shan Lv

    (National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
    WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China)

  • Li-Guang Tian

    (National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
    WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China)

  • Qin Liu

    (National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
    WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China)

  • Men-Bao Qian

    (National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
    WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China)

  • Qing Fu

    (National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
    WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China)

  • Peter Steinmann

    (National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
    WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel 4051, Switzerland)

  • Jia-Xu Chen

    (National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
    WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China)

  • Guo-Jing Yang

    (Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi 214064, China
    School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Jockey Club Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong)

  • Kun Yang

    (Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi 214064, China)

  • Xiao-Nong Zhou

    (National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
    WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China)

Abstract

Water-related parasitic diseases are directly dependent on water bodies for their spread or as a habitat for indispensable intermediate or final hosts. Along with socioeconomic development and improvement of sanitation, overall prevalence is declining in the China. However, the heterogeneity in economic development and the inequity of access to public services result in considerable burden due to parasitic diseases in certain areas and populations across the country. In this review, we demonstrated three aspects of ten major water-related parasitic diseases, i.e. , the biology and pathogenicity, epidemiology and recent advances in research in China. General measures for diseases control and special control strategies are summarized.

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  • Shan Lv & Li-Guang Tian & Qin Liu & Men-Bao Qian & Qing Fu & Peter Steinmann & Jia-Xu Chen & Guo-Jing Yang & Kun Yang & Xiao-Nong Zhou, 2013. "Water-Related Parasitic Diseases in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-40, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:10:y:2013:i:5:p:1977-2016:d:25786
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    1. Dongjian Yang & Ya Yang & Yingjian Wang & Yu Yang & Shurong Dong & Yue Chen & Qingwu Jiang & Yibiao Zhou, 2018. "Prevalence and Risk Factors of Ascaris lumbricoides , Trichuris trichiura and Cryptosporidium Infections in Elementary School Children in Southwestern China: A School-Based Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-16, August.
    2. Hao Zheng & Jianfeng He & Li Wang & Rong Zhang & Zhen Ding & Wenbiao Hu, 2018. "Risk Factors and Spatial Clusters of Cryptosporidium Infection among School-Age Children in a Rural Region of Eastern China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-12, May.

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