Together in the fight against neglected public health problems: worldwide network cooperation on waterborne diseases and emerging parasitic diseases

Xiaoying Wu; Langui Song; Jinyi Liang; Shiqi Luo; Heinz Mehlhorn; Zhongdao Wu

doi:10.1007/s00436-015-4395-1

Together in the fight against neglected public health problems: worldwide network cooperation on waterborne diseases and emerging parasitic diseases

Parasitol Res. 2015 May;114(5):1989-91. doi: 10.1007/s00436-015-4395-1. Epub 2015 Mar 19.

Authors

Xiaoying Wu¹, Langui Song, Jinyi Liang, Shiqi Luo, Heinz Mehlhorn, Zhongdao Wu

Affiliation

¹ Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Control of Tropical Diseases, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.

PMID: 25782677
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4395-1

Abstract

A symposium held in Guangzhou, China, aimed to become starting point of an international cooperation in the fight against waterborne diseases, which obtain more and more importance in times of global warming and globalization.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Global Warming
Humans
International Cooperation*
Neglected Diseases*
Parasitic Diseases / prevention & control*
Public Health*
Waterborne Diseases / parasitology*
Waterborne Diseases / prevention & control*