The Three Gorges Dam: Does the Flooding Time Determine the Distribution of Schistosome-Transmitting Snails in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River, China?

Background: Schistosomiasis is one of the most devastating tropical diseases in the world. Oncomelania hupensis is the only intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum, and its growth and development are sensitive to environmental factors. The Three Gorges Dam has substantially altered the water leve...

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Published in:Int J Environ Res Public Health
Main Authors: Yang, Yu, Zheng, Sheng-Bang, Yang, Ya, Cheng, Wan-Ting, Pan, Xiang, Dai, Qing-Qing, Chen, Yue, Zhu, Lan, Jiang, Qing-Wu, Zhou, Yi-Biao
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069228/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29933638
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15071304
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