Water-Related Parasitic Diseases in China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Shan Lv¹  Li-Guang Tian¹  Qin Liu¹  Men-Bao Qian¹  Qing Fu¹  Peter Steinmann¹  Jia-Xu Chen¹  Guo-Jing Yang²  Kun Yang² 

[1] National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China; E-Mails:;Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi 214064, China; E-Mails:

关键词: parasitic disease;    water;    protozoa;    helminths;    epidemiology;    China;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph10051977

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Water-related parasitic diseases are directly dependent on water bodies for their spread or as a habitat for indispensable intermediate or final hosts. Along with socioeconomic development and improvement of sanitation, overall prevalence is declining in the China. However, the heterogeneity in economic development and the inequity of access to public services result in considerable burden due to parasitic diseases in certain areas and populations across the country. In this review, we demonstrated three aspects of ten major water-related parasitic diseases, i.e., the biology and pathogenicity, epidemiology and recent advances in research in China. General measures for diseases control and special control strategies are summarized.

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