Review of risk factors for human echinococcosis prevalence on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China: a prospective for control options.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Echinococcosis is a major parasitic zoonosis of public health importance in western China. In 2004, the Chinese Ministry of Health estimated that 380,000 people had the disease in the region. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is highly co-endemic with both alveolar echinococcosis (AE) and cystic echinococcosis (CE). In the past years, the Chinese government has been increasing the financial support to control the diseases in this region. Therefore, it is very important to identify the significant risk factors of the diseases by reviewing studies done in the region in the past decade to help policymakers design appropriate control strategies.

Review

Selection criteria for which literature to review were firstly defined. Medline, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure

SUBMITTER: Wang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3910240 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature