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[Progress of spatial epidemiology applied to prevention and control of schistosomiasis]

Wang Ying-Jian1, Li Shi-Zhu2, Jiang Qing-Wu1

  • 1Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Tropical Disease Research Center, Fudan University, Joint Laboratory of Tropical Disease Epidemiology, Shanghai 200032, China.

Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi = Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
|April 25, 2019
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Keywords:
Oncomelania hupensisRemote sensing TechnologySchistosomiasisSpatial epidemiologyTempo-spatial distribution

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