Modeling the Dynamics and Control of Transmission of Schistosoma japonicum and S. mekongi in Southeast Asia.

Author: Hirofumi ISHIKAWA ¹ ; Hiroshi OHMAE
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1. Department of Human Ecology, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan. ishikawa@ems.okayama-u.ac.jp
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosoma mekongi; mathematical model; control strategies
MeSH: Animals; Asia, Southeastern/epidemiology; *Communicable Disease Control; Disease Reservoirs/parasitology; Humans; Models, Theoretical; Schistosoma/*physiology; Schistosomiasis/epidemiology/parasitology/*transmission
From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2009;47(1):1-5
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: A mathematical model for transmission of schistosomes is useful to predict effects of various control measures on suppression of these parasites. This review focuses on epidemiological and environmental factors in Schistosoma japonicum and Schistosoma mekongi infections and recent advances in mathematical models of Schistosoma transmission.