title: Major trends in human parasitic diseases in China.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Shandong University School of Medicine, 44 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan 250012, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shenyi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Guanghui
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xing-Quan
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003710:Demography; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000639:trends; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D015995:Prevalence