2010
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00044-09
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Abstract: SUMMARY The potential impact of the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) on schistosomiasis transmission in China has invoked considerable global concern. The TGD will result in changes in the water level and silt deposition downstream, favoring the reproduction of Oncomelania snails. Combined with blockages of the Yangtze River's tributaries, these changes will increase the schistosomiasis transmission season within the marshlands along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The changing schis… Show more

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“…The findings of the present study reinforces the notion that increase in the number of dams on a global scale has allowed the increase in the prevalence of schistosomiasis, as observed in the construction of the Aswan dam in Egypt 31,32 , Three Gorges Dam in China 33,34 , and the Kossou Dam in Cote d'Ivoire 35 . These observations demonstrate the importance of diagnosis in the phases prior to the project operation, in order to allow an early identification and treatment of positive cases, and subsequent prevention and monitoring of the onset of new outbreaks 36 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 76%
“…The findings of the present study reinforces the notion that increase in the number of dams on a global scale has allowed the increase in the prevalence of schistosomiasis, as observed in the construction of the Aswan dam in Egypt 31,32 , Three Gorges Dam in China 33,34 , and the Kossou Dam in Cote d'Ivoire 35 . These observations demonstrate the importance of diagnosis in the phases prior to the project operation, in order to allow an early identification and treatment of positive cases, and subsequent prevention and monitoring of the onset of new outbreaks 36 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 76%
“…Population genetic analyses found close phylogenetic relationships between strains of S. japonicum in human and rodent hosts in hilly parts of Anhui Province, China using microsatellite markers, whilst schistosomes in the humans in the marshland areas were more closely related to those in bovines, which appear to drive reinfection in those areas (Rudge et al, 2009). Bovines were generally assumed to be the primary reservoir of human infection (McManus et al, 2010), but population genetic analyses greatly increased our understanding of these complex interactions in zoonotic parasites. Knowledge of the genetic similarity and transmission potential between hosts was then used to develop a multi-host model of transmission for S. japonicum .…”
Section: Elucidate the Potential Role Of Non-human Definitive Hostsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…where γ is the same variogram as in equation (2). For the ST variogram structure, we choose a product-sum covariance model 34 as follows:…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is estimated that more than 50 million persons in China are at risk; approximately one million persons and several hundred thousand livestock are infected. 2 Major foci of endemicity are found in marsh and lake areas (Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake) along the Yangtze River basin, where elimination of transmission has proven difficult. 3,4 China was one of the first countries in eastern Asia to initiate a national schistosomiasis control program, and achievements in schistosomiasis control have reduced by more than 90% the peak estimates of human prevalence in the mid 1950s, 5 which ranged between 10.5 and 11.8 million.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%