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| Other authors / contributors: | Yang, Kun, editor.
Mehlhorn, Heinz, editor.
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| ISBN: | 9783030721657
3030721655
3030721647
9783030721640
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| Notes: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 12, 2021).
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| Summary: | Offering an example for transnational cooperation and successful reduction of a neglected tropical disease, this volume shows how Chinese scientists and local physicians controlled schistosomiasis in Zanzibar. Over a four-year study, local medical specialists and the population of Zanzibar were taught how to diagnose the parasitosis caused by flukes (trematode worms) of the genus Schistosoma. Furthermore, methods to eliminate the disease and prevent new infections were established. The developed control system will avoid repeated increase of human schistosomiasis, which is still prevalent in the tropics and subtropics. Rural populations and poor communities lacking access to clean drinking water and adequate sanitation are most affected. This book is a blueprint of activities urgently needed to combat schistosomiasis in countries with low medical impact. The strategies outlined are particularly relevant to parasitologists and professionals in public health, physicians, medical personnel and also governmental, healthcare and pharmaceutical institutions.
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| Other form: | Original 3030721647 9783030721640
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| Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-030-72165-7
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