scholarly journals Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans in Surface Sediments from the Estuary Area of Yangtze River, People's Republic of China

2005 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 910-914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Z. Sun ◽  
B. Zhang ◽  
L. R. Gao ◽  
Z. T. Liu ◽  
M. H. Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Yangtze River ◽  
Surface Sediments ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China

scholarly journals Schistosomiasis in the Philippines: Innovative Control Approach is Needed if Elimination is the Goal

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remigio M. Olveda ◽  
Darren J. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Control Approach ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Endemic Areas

In 1996, schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma japonicum was declared eradicated in Japan. In the People’s Republic of China, S. japonicum transmission has been interrupted in the major endemic areas in the coastal plains but the disease persists in the lake and marshland regions south of the Yangtze River. The disease remains a public health problem in endemic areas in the Philippines and in isolated areas in Indonesia. Comprehensive multidisciplinary campaigns had led to eradication of schistosomiasis in Japan and have been successful in the interruption of disease transmission in the major endemic regions of the People’s Republic of China. Unfortunately, the integrated measures cannot be duplicated in schistosomiasis endemic areas in the Philippines because of limited resources. The problem is also more complicated due to the topography in the Philippines and transmission is not seasonal as in China. An innovative approach is needed in the Philippines if schistosomiasis elimination is the goal.

scholarly journals Spatiotemporal distribution and trend of COVID-19 in the Yangtze River Delta region of the People’s Republic of China

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Ye ◽  
Lingqian Hu
Keyword(s):  
Yangtze River ◽  
Yangtze River Delta ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
River Delta ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
The Yrd ◽  
The Yangtze River Delta

An outbreak of atypical pneumonia, now called COVID-19 and known to be caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province of the People’s Republic of China in December 2019 and afterwards rapidly spread worldwide. Wuhan and the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region implemented first-level public health emergency responses to stop the spread of the virus on January 23rd, 2020. We tracked the geographical gravity centre of the disease and calculated spatial autocorrelation to explore the spatiotemporal patterns of distribution of imported and locally disseminated COVID-19 cases under the emergency-response control measure. We also applied polynomial regression analysis to estimate the trend of the COVID-19 in the YRD region before and after the control activities against the spread of the infection were instituted. The results show that the control measures applied have been effective. And, in the YRD region, areas with a large influx of population flow from Wuhan and Hubei Province had high risks of COVID-19. Therefore, identification of the spatiotemporal trends should be the first step when developing effective policies to manage and control any new epidemic. The results are not only informative locally but also useful for the rest of the world.

Effect of floods on the transmission of schistosomiasis in the Yangtze River valley, People's Republic of China

2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Hua Wu ◽  
Shi-Qing Zhang ◽  
Xing-Jian Xu ◽  
Yi-Xin Huang ◽  
Peter Steinmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yangtze River ◽  
Yangtze River Valley ◽  
River Valley ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China
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