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. 2009 Jul 14;22(7):309–320. doi: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70317-1

The History of Schistosomiasis Japonica in Taiwan

Ping‐Chin Fan 1,✉
PMCID: PMC11917954  PMID: 16849099

Abstract

Studies of schistosomiasis japonica in Taiwan indicate that the Formosan strain of Schistosoma japonicum is zoophilic in nature. After the discovery of the adult worm of S. japonicum in 1914, a considerable number of epidemiologic studies and experimental infection studies were conducted. This paper is a review of the history of schistosomiasis japonica in Taiwan from before World War II to 2003.

Keywords: history, schistosomiasis japonica, Taiwan

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