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Sino-African Cooperation for Schistosomiasis Control in Zanzibar: A Blueprint for Combating Other Parasitic Diseases

Sino-African Cooperation for Schistosomiasis Control in Zanzibar: A Blueprint for Combating Other Parasitic Diseases

Yang, Kun
Mehlhorn, Heinz

Hardcover

Series: Parasitology Research Monographs, Book 15

Medical Reference

ISBN10: 3030721647
ISBN13: 9783030721640
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jun 30 2021
Pages: 293
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Offering an example for transnational cooperation and successful reduction of a neglected tropical disease, this volume shows how Chinese scientists and local physicians controlled schistosomiasis in Zanzibar. Over a four-year study, local medical specialists and the population of Zanzibar were taught how to diagnose the parasitosis caused by flukes (trematode worms) of the genus Schistosoma. Furthermore, methods to eliminate the disease and prevent new infections were established. The developed control system will avoid repeated increase of human schistosomiasis, which is still prevalent in the tropics and subtropics. Rural populations and poor communities lacking access to clean drinking water and adequate sanitation are most affected.

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