Epidemiological survey of cystic echinococcosis in southwest China: From the Qinghai-Tibet plateau to the area of Yunnan
Jin-Rong Zi, Dan Xiao, Jia Peng, Fang-Wei Wu, Jian-Xiong Li, Xin-Liu Yan, Zheng-Qing Wang, Xuan Cai, Qian Xu, Ben-Fu Li, Ya-Ming Yang
Jin-Rong Zi, Ben-Fu Li, Yunnan Provincial Center of Malaria Research, Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Puer 665000, Yunnan Province, China
Jin-Rong Zi, Jia Peng, Fang-Wei Wu, Jian-Xiong Li, Xin-Liu Yan, Zheng-Qing Wang, Xuan Cai, Qian Xu, Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Puer 665000, Yunnan Province, China
Dan Xiao, Tibet Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tibet Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Lhasa 85000, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Ya-Ming Yang, Yunnan Provincial Center of Malaria Research, Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Puer 655000, Yunnan Province, China
Co-first authors: Jin-Rong Zi and Dan Xiao.
Co-corresponding authors: Ben-Fu Li and Ya-Ming Yang.
Author contributions: Yang YM, Li BF and Wu FW designed the research study; Zi JR and Xiao D contributed equally to this work, analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; Peng J, Li JX, Yan XL, Wang ZQ, Cai X and Xu Q analyzed and interpreted the data; contributed analytical tools or data; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript. Li BF and Yang YM designed the research study, investigation and analysis. Zi JR and Xiao D analyzed and interpreted the data; contributed analytical tools or data; wrote the paper. Li BF and Yang YM conceived and designed the experiments; analyzed and interpreted the data. Li BF and Yang YM proposed the concept and design of the epidemiological investigation of echinococcosis in Yunnan Province, wrote investigation plans, coordinated with investigated hospitals, guided on-site work, and reviewed investigation data. Co-first authors Zi JR and Xiao D are responsible for specific work, including on-site investigation, data organization, database entry, summarization, analysis, and writing of the manuscript.
Supported by Central Government Transfer Payment of China; Open Project of Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis Control and Research of the National Health Commission of People’s Republic of China, No. 2021WZK1001.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent in relation to personal and medical data collection prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: We have no financial relationships to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Corresponding author: Ben-Fu Li, MMed, Technician, Yunnan Provincial Center of Malaria Research, Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, No. 6 Xiyuan Road, Puer 665000, Yunnan Province, China.
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Received: October 5, 2023
Peer-review started: October 5, 2023
First decision: October 28, 2023
Revised: November 18, 2023
Accepted: December 14, 2023
Article in press: December 14, 2023
Published online: February 27, 2024
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