Major trends in human parasitic diseases in China

Tremendous progress has been made in the control and prevention of human parasitic diseases in mainland China in the past 30 years because of China's Reform and Opening to the Outside Policies initiated in 1978. However, parasitic diseases remain a major human health problem, with significant m...

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Published inTrends in parasitology Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 264 - 270
Main Authors Li, Ting, He, Shenyi, Zhao, Hong, Zhao, Guanghui, Zhu, Xing-Quan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2010
Elsevier
Subjects
Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding
Biological and medical sciences
China - epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - prevention & control
Demography
Environment. Living conditions
Foodborne Diseases - epidemiology
Foodborne Diseases - prevention & control
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Humans
Infectious Disease
Medical sciences
National Health Programs - trends
Parasitic Diseases - epidemiology
Parasitic Diseases - mortality
Parasitic Diseases - prevention & control
Prevalence
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Asia
China
Human
Parasite
Disease
Epidemiology
Public health
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Summary:Tremendous progress has been made in the control and prevention of human parasitic diseases in mainland China in the past 30 years because of China's Reform and Opening to the Outside Policies initiated in 1978. However, parasitic diseases remain a major human health problem, with significant morbidity and mortality as well as adverse socioeconomic consequences. Although soil-transmitted parasitic diseases are in the process of being gradually controlled, food-borne parasitic diseases and emerging parasitic diseases are becoming the focus of new campaigns for control and prevention. This article reviews major trends in human parasitic diseases in mainland China, with perspectives for control.
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ISSN:1471-4922
1471-5007
DOI:10.1016/j.pt.2010.02.007