A cluster-randomised intervention trial against Schistosoma japonicum in the Peoples' Republic of China: Bovine and human transmission
- Gray, D.
- Williams, G. M.
- Li, Y.
- Chen, H.
- Forsyth, S.
- Li, R. S.
- Barnett, A. G.
- Guo, J.
- Ross, A. G.
- Feng, Z.
- McManus, D. P.
Publication date
January 2009
DOI Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)Abstract
Background: Zoonotic schistosomiasis japonica is a major public health problem in China. Bovines, particularly water buffaloes, are thought to play a major role in the transmission of schistosomiasis to humans in China. Preliminary results (1998-2003) of a praziquantel (PZQ)-based pilot intervention study we undertook provided proof of principle that water buffaloes are major reservoir hosts for S. japonicum in the Poyang Lake region, Jiangxi Province
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