Dam worms.

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 2001 Australia English Publisher:Institute of BiologyJournal:Biologist (London, England), volume 48 (issn: 0006-3347,

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Authors: Ross, A. G. P.; Li, Y.; Williams, G. M.; Jiang, Z.; McManus, D. P.;

pmid: 11399843

Dam worms.

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Abstract

Human and animal infection rates with the Oriental schistosome have steadily declined in China over the last half-century, but the Three Gorges Dam may reverse this decline by creating new, or enlarging existing, ideal environments for the worm and its aquatic snail intermediate host.

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University of Queensland
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University of Queensland
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Keywords

Human;, China, parasitology, Snails, transmission, prevention & control, Fresh Water, Breeding, Disease Vectors, Environment, Schistosoma japonicum, 1100 Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Water Supply, Schistosomiasis japonica, growth & development, Animals, Humans, epidemiology, Human

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