China’s shifting neglected parasitic infections in an era of economic reform, urbanization, disease control, and the Belt and Road Initiative

Lei Wang; Yang Zou; Xinping Zhu; Maria Elena Bottazzi; Peter J. Hotez; Bin Zhan

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006946

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China’s shifting neglected parasitic infections in an era of economic reform, urbanization, disease control, and the Belt and Road Initiative

Lei Wang,

Affiliations Beijing Institute of Tropical Medicine, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Tropical Diseases, Beijing, PR China
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Yang Zou,

Affiliations Beijing Institute of Tropical Medicine, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China, Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Tropical Diseases, Beijing, PR China
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Xinping Zhu,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China
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Maria Elena Bottazzi,

Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America
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Peter J. Hotez,

Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America
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Bin Zhan

* E-mail: bzhan@bcm.edu

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-9452

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China’s shifting neglected parasitic infections in an era of economic reform, urbanization, disease control, and the Belt and Road Initiative

Lei Wang,
Yang Zou,
Xinping Zhu,
Maria Elena Bottazzi,
Peter J. Hotez,
Bin Zhan

Published: January 24, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006946

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