Major Parasitic Diseases of Poverty in Mainland China: Perspectives for Better Control

Overview

Journal Infect Dis Poverty

Publisher Biomed Central

Date 2016 Aug 2

PMID 27476746

Citations 27

Authors

Jin-Lei Wang

Ting-Ting Li

Si-Yang Huang

Wei Cong

Xing-Quan Zhu

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Abstract

Significant progress has been made in the prevention, control, and elimination of human parasitic diseases in China in the past 60 years. However, parasitic diseases of poverty remain major causes of morbidity and mortality, and inflict enormous economic costs on societies.In this article, we review the prevalence rates, geographical distributions, epidemic characteristics, risk factors, and clinical manifestations of parasitic diseases of poverty listed in the first issue of the journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty on 25 October 2012. We also address the challenges facing control of parasitic diseases of poverty and provide suggestions for better control.

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