Major parasitic diseases of poverty in mainland China: perspectives for better control | Infectious Diseases of Poverty | Full Text

Major parasitic diseases of poverty in mainland China: perspectives for better control | Infectious Diseases of Poverty | Full Text

Major parasitic diseases of poverty in mainland China: perspectives for better control

• Jin-Lei Wang†,
• Ting-Ting Li†,
• Si-Yang HuangEmail author,
• Wei Cong and
• Xing-Quan ZhuEmail author

†Contributed equally

Infectious Diseases of Poverty20165:67

DOI: 10.1186/s40249-016-0159-0

©  The Author(s). 2016

Received: 6 February 2016

Accepted: 20 June 2016

Published: 1 August 2016

Abstract

Significant progress has been made in the prevention, control, and elimination of human parasitic diseases in China in the past 60 years. However, parasitic diseases of poverty remain major causes of morbidity and mortality, and inflict enormous economic costs on societies.

In this article, we review the prevalence rates, geographical distributions, epidemic characteristics, risk factors, and clinical manifestations of parasitic diseases of poverty listed in the first issue of the journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty on 25 October 2012. We also address the challenges facing control of parasitic diseases of poverty and provide suggestions for better control.

Keywords

China Poverty Parasitic diseases of poverty Epidemic characteristics Prevention Control Elimination

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