THE IMPACT OF THREE GORGE DAM (TGD) CONSTRUCTION ON THE SCHISTOSOMIASIS TRANSMISSION IN JIANGHAN PLAIN——THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGRICULTURE STRUCTURE AND SCHISTOSOMIASIS TRANSMISSION
- VernacularTitle:长江三峡建坝对江汉平原血吸虫病传播的影响——农业生产结构与血吸虫病的关系
- Author:
Qingsi ZHENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Schistosomiasis transmission,the three Gorges Dam on the yangtze River,argrculture agicalture
- From:
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
1992;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
A typical lake region with serious schistosomiasis endemic areas was selected as the study field. In the study,the 10 years (1985 - 1994) data about the agriculture sturcture and schistosomiasis prevalence was collected and analyzed. The results showed significant posi-tive correlationships among the infection rate,the total area of snail habitat and paddy field. The infection rate of human had a close relation to the infection rate of domestic animals.
