Single-sex schistosome infections of definitive hosts: Implications for epidemiology and disease control in a changing world

Da-Bing Lu; Yao Deng; Huan Ding; You-Sheng Liang; Joanne P Webster

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006817

Single-sex schistosome infections of definitive hosts: Implications for epidemiology and disease control in a changing world

PLoS Pathog. 2018 Mar 1;14(3):e1006817. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006817. eCollection 2018 Mar.

Authors

Da-Bing Lu^{1

2}, Yao Deng^{1

2}, Huan Ding^{1

2}, You-Sheng Liang^{3

4

5}, Joanne P Webster^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
² Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
³ Key Laboratory of National Health and Family Planning Commission on Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Wuxi, China.
⁴ Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasites and Vector Control Technology, Wuxi, China.
⁵ Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, China.
⁶ Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases (CEEED), Department of Pathology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, London, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Global Health
Humans
Schistosoma / pathogenicity*
Schistosomiasis / epidemiology*
Schistosomiasis / parasitology
Schistosomiasis / prevention & control*
Sex Factors

Grant support

The authors are currently funded by the National Science Foundation of China (to DBL, No.81273141), by the National Research and Development Plan of China (to YSL, No. 2016YFC1200500), and by a ZELS research grant (combined BBSRC, MRC, ESRC, NERC, DSTL & DFID: BB/L018985/1 to JPW). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.