1. Map illustrating the current and former areas of endemic schistosomiasis (shaded) in China.
Map illustrating the current and former areas of endemic schistosomiasis (shaded) in China. The disease has now been eradicated from three important zones: the whole Pearl River system (Guangxi and Guangdong), the isolated coastal focus (Fujian), and the Yangtze delta (Shanghai, Zhejang, and Jiangsu). Schistosomiasis distribution has been substantially reduced in the other provinces but remains a major problem in the marshland and lake areas of Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, and Jiangxi and in some mountainous areas of Sichuan and Yunnan.
Allen G. P. Ross et al. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 2001; doi: /CMR