title: Water-related parasitic diseases in China.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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. lvshan000@126.com
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Li-Guang
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Men-Bao
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Steinmann
authors.forename: Jia-Xu
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Guo-Jing
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiao-Nong
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D016841:Amoebida / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D021741:Eimeriida / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology*; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000469:parasitology*; D016829:Giardia lamblia / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014200:Trematoda / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology