Overview
- A unique blueprint to reduce and eliminate schistosomiasis disease
- Offered strategies have been tested with good results
- Includes measures to control adult worms and larval stages of Schistosoma
- Covers diagnostic tools, medical treatment, and experiences from public health education
Part of the book series: Parasitology Research Monographs (Parasitology Res. Monogr., volume 11)
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About this book
This book covers all details for a successful control and elimination strategy against propagation of deadly liver and intestinal flukes of the genus Schistosoma in China. Cancer due to schistosomiasis is still common in subtropical countries and affords hundred thousands of human and animal deaths per year. Expert authors play close attention to the biology and morphologic aspects of Schistosoma species as well as the history and status quo of schistosomiasis epidemiology. In a unique way, the present work illustrates the need to involve strategic measurements, and to control both adult worms and larval parasite stages. With a special focus on Jiangxi Province, the authors present an effective management plan, ranging from intermediate host snail control to diagnostic tools, medical aid, as well as public health education. This approach from China can be used as blueprint in other countries hit by the same worm infections. The contents of this book will thus be meaningful for academics and practitioners in the fields of parasitology, public health, as well as human and veterinary medicine.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Schistosomiasis Control in China
Book Subtitle: The successful example of Jiangxi province
Editors: Zhongdao Wu, Yiwen Liu, Heinz Mehlhorn
Series Title: Parasitology Research Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25602-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25601-2Published: 27 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25604-3Published: 27 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25602-9Published: 17 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2192-3671
Series E-ISSN: 2192-368X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 204
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 60 illustrations in colour
Topics: Parasitology, Epidemiology, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Infectious Diseases