Echinococcosis, Ningxia, China.(LETTERS)

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: August 1, 2005| Author: Yang, Yu Rong; Sun, Tao; Li, Zhengzhi; Li, Xiuping; Zhao, Rui; Cheng, Li; Pan, Xiao; Craig, Philip S.; Vuitton, Dominique A.; McManus, Donald P. | Copyright information

To the Editor: Ningxia is the smallest provincial autonomous region on the Loess Plateau in central China, with a population of [approximately equal to] 5.5 million persons composed of 35 ethnic and various religious groups. The natural environmental conditions and socioreligious ethnic status in Ningxia, particularly the southern region, are conducive to sheep farming, an important part of the agricultural economy. Both cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE) (...

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