TY - JOUR AU - Li, Yue-Sheng AU - Raso, Giovanna AU - Zhao, Zheng-Yuan AU - He, Yong-Kang AU - Ellis, Magda K. AU - McManus, Donald P. T1 - Large Water Management Projects and Schistosomiasis Control, Dongting Lake Region, China T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 7 SP - 973 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Construction of the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River will substantially change the ecology of the Dongting Lake in southern China. In addition, the Central and Hunan Provinces’ governmental authorities have instigated a Return Land to Lake Program that will extend the Dongting Lake surface area from the current 2,681 km2 to 4,350 km2.The previous construction of embankments and the large silt deposits made by the Yangtze River and other connecting rivers have contributed to frequent disastrous flooding. As a consequence of the 2 water projects, >2 million persons and their domestic animals are being resettled. This article provides an overview of the historical background of these 2 large water management projects, the associated population movement, and their impact on future transmission and control of schistosomiasis in the Dongting Lake area. The dam will likely substantially extend the range of the snail habitats and increase schistosome transmission and schistosomiasis cases. KW - China KW - Dongting Lake KW - Hunan Province KW - Oncomelania KW - parasite control KW - “Return Land to Lake” Program KW - schistosomiasis KW - Three Gorges Dam KW - water management KW - synopsis DO - 10.3201/eid1307.070848 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/7/07-0848_article ER - End of Reference