Toward integrated opisthorchiasis control in northeast Thailand: The Lawa project

•Integrated liver fluke control using ecohealth approach in Lawa Lake, Thailand.•Key interventions include treatment, IEC, fish, snail and ecological monitoring.•5-Years implementation revealed human infection rate declined to less than one third.•Cyprinoid fish showed

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta tropica 2015-01, Vol.141 (Pt B), p.361-367
Hauptverfasser:	Sripa, Banchob, Tangkawattana, Sirikachorn, Laha, Thewarach, Kaewkes, Sasithorn, Mallory, Frank F., Smith, John F., Wilcox, Bruce A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Communicable Disease Control - methods community service Cyprinidae - parasitology disease control Ecological Parameter Monitoring Ecosystem ecosystems Ecosystems health Endemic Diseases environmental health fish health education Humans Integrated control intermediate hosts Lakes Lawa model liver flukes monitoring One Health initiative opisthorchiasis Opisthorchiasis - epidemiology Opisthorchiasis - prevention & control Opisthorchis Opisthorchis viverrini Prevalence Public Health schools surveys Thailand Thailand - epidemiology villages
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Zusammenfassung:	•Integrated liver fluke control using ecohealth approach in Lawa Lake, Thailand.•Key interventions include treatment, IEC, fish, snail and ecological monitoring.•5-Years implementation revealed human infection rate declined to less than one third.•Cyprinoid fish showed
ISSN:	0001-706X 1873-6254
DOI:	10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.07.017