title: Yoshitaka Komiya's visits to China and schistosomiasis investigation.
abstract: This article is about a Japanese parasitologist, Yoshitaka Komiya (1900-1976), who was invited to China for a schistosomiasis investigation in 1956. In 1955, Chairman Mao initiated a national campaign to eliminate schistosomiasis, which at that time was still common in southern China, and for this purpose, the People's Republic of China invited Yoshitaka Komiya to China. He published a report based on his observations during this visit. This article aims to explore the meaning of Komiya's visit to the People's Republic of China and his observations about the anti-schistosomiasis campaign.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chinese and History, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Ka-Wai
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D060740:Disease Eradication / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D010274:Parasitology / Q000266:history*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: China; Yoshitaka Komiya; Zhou Enlai; schistosomiasis; snail