Publications

trichinellosis in china: epidemiology and control.	the first outbreak of human trichinellosis in china, according to official national publication, was registered in tibet in 1964. since then, more than 500 outbreaks, numbering 25161 cases with 240 deaths, have been recorded. however, this reported quantity is probably highly underestimated because adequate diagnostic techniques might not have been available in the whole area. moreover, infection in animals is widespread over china, with the prevalence of pig trichinellosis being as high as 4% i ...	2002	12482541
epidemiology of alveolar echinococcosis with particular reference to china and europe.	human alveolar echinococcosis (ae), caused by the metacestode of the fox tapeworm echinococcus multilocularis, is the most pathogenic zoonosis in temperate and arctic regions of the northern hemisphere. prospective collection of human cases in some areas and mass screenings using ultrasound imaging and confirmation with serological techniques have markedly improved our knowledge of the epidemiology of the disease in humans during the past two decades. transmission occurs when eggs of the tapewor ...	2003	15027607