Publications

a canine purgation study and risk factor analysis for echinococcosis in a high endemic region of the tibetan plateau.	the tibetan plateau of western china has been shown to have a very high prevalence of human cystic echinococcosis (ce) caused by echinococcus granulosus and human alveolar echinococcosis (ae) caused by echinococcus multilocularis. the domestic dog is suspected to be the primary definitive host for the transmission of both e. granulosus and e. multilocularis to humans in this locality. a purgation study of 371 dogs in shiqu county, sichuan province during 2002-2003 resulted in an e. multiloculari ...	2005	15619374
spatial modelling and ecology of echinococcus multilocularis transmission in china.	recent research in central china has suggested that the most likely transmission mechanism for echinococcus multilocularis to humans is via domestic dogs which are allowed to roam freely and hunt (infected) small mammals within areas close to villages or in areas of tented pasture. this assertion has led to the hypothesis that there is a landscape control on transmission risk since the proximity of suitable habitat for susceptible small mammals appears to be the key. we have tested this hypothes ...	2006	16371253