Publications
Lee, Y.J., and Seto,
E.Y.W., (in review) Identifying Micro-geographic
Patterns of Schistosoma japonicum Exposure and Re-infection, Emerging
Infectious Diseases.
Gurarie, D., and Seto, E.Y.W., (in review) Disease Transmission in
Heterogeneous Connected Environments, Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Remais, J., E. Seto and N. Chen (2008).
"Quantifying energy and disease co-benefits of anaerobic biogas
digestion: schistosome ova inactivation and energy substitution in rural
China." Bulletin of the World Health Organization: submitted.
Liang, S., Seto, E., Remais, J., Zhong, B., Yang,
C., Hubbard, A., Davis, G.,
Gu, X., Qiu, D., Spear, R.C. (2007). "Environmental effects on
transmission and control of parasitic diseases exemplified by
schistosomiasis in Western China." Proc Natl
Acad Sci USA 104(17):
7110-7115.
Remais, J., S. Liang and R. Spear (2007). "Coupling
hydrologic and infectious disease models to explain regional differences
in schistosomiasis transmission in southwestern China." Environmental
Science & Technology: accepted.
Remais, J., A. Hubbard, Z. Wu and R. Spear (2007).
"Weather-driven dynamics of an intermediate host: mechanistic and
statistical population modelling of
Oncomelania hupensis."
Journal of Applied Ecology 44(4):
781-791.
Seto, E.Y.W., Knapp, F., Zhong, B., Yang, C, (2007)
The use of a vest
equipped with a global positioning system to assess water-contact
patterns associated with Schistosomiasis, Geospatial Health, (2):
233-241.
Seto, E.Y.W., Moore, C. G., Hoskins, R., (2007) Geographic Information
Systems and Remote Sensing for Infectious Disease Surveillance, In
Nkuchia M'ikanatha and Ruth Lynfield (Eds.), Infectious Disease
Surveillance, Blackwell, London, United Kingdom.
Seto, E.Y.W., Lee, Y.J., Liang, S., Zhong, B., (2007)
"Individual and Village-level Study of Water Contact Exposure Patterns
and Schistosoma japonicum Reinfection in Mountainous Rural China", Trop
Med Intl Health, 12(10): 1199-1209.
Liang, S., C. Yang, B. Zhong and D. Qiu (2006).
"Re-emerging schistosomiasis in hilly and mountainous areas of
Sichuan,
China." Bull
World Health Organ 84(2):
139-44.
Spear, R. C., E. Seto, J. Remais, E. J. Carlton, G.
Davis, D. Qiu, X. Zhou and S. Liang (2006). "Fighting Waterborne
Infectious Diseases." Science
314(5802): 1081c-1083.
Spear, R., E. Seto, J. Remais, E. Carlton, G.
Davis, D. Qiu, X. Zhou and S. Liang (2006). "Comment on: Fighting
Waterborne Infectious Diseases." Science
314(5802): 1081-1083.
Xu, B., P. Gong, E. Seto, S. Liang, C. Yang, S. Wen,
D. Qiu, X. Gu and R. C. Spear (2006). "A spatial-temporal model for
assessing the effects of inter-village connectivity in schistosomiasis
transmission." Annals Am. Assoc. Geographers
96(1): 31-46.
Driscoll, A. J.;
Kyle, J.L.; Remais, J. (2005),
Development of a novel PCR
assay capable of detecting a single Schistosoma japonicum
cercaria recovered from Oncomelania hupensis
Parasitology 131: 497-500
Liang, S., R. C. Spear, E. Seto, A. Hubbard and D.
Qiu (2005). "A multi-group model of Schistosoma japonicum transmission
dynamics and control: model calibration and control prediction." Trop
Med Int Health 10(3): 263-78.
Lowe, D., J. Xi, X. Meng, Z. Wu, D. Qiu and R.
Spear (2005). "Transport of Schistosoma japonicum cercariae and the
feasibility of niclosamide for cercariae control." Parasitol Int
54(1): 83-9.
Qiu, D. C., A. E. Hubbard, B. Zhong, Y. Zhang and
R. C. Spear (2005). "A matched, case-control study of the association
between Schistosoma japonicum and liver and colon cancers, in rural
China." Ann Trop Med Parasitol
99(1): 47-52.
Seto, E., B. Zhong, J. Kouch, H. Hubbard and R. C.
Spear (2005). "Genetic and household risk factors for
Schistosoma japonicum
infection in the presence of large environmental variability in the
mountainous transmission areas of China." Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg.
73(6): 1145-1150.
Spear, R. C., J. V. Remais, D. Simiu, E. Seto, S.
Liang and P. Gong (2005). "A Systems Perspective on the Identification
of Environmental Factors Influencing the Re-emergence of Schistosomiasis
Transmission in Sichuan Province, China." Am. J. Public Health
Spear, R. C., B. Zhong, Y. Mao, A. Hubbard, M.
Birkner, J. Remais and D. Qiu (2004). "Spatial and temporal variability
in schistosome cercarial density detected by mouse bioassays in village
irrigation ditches in Sichuan, China." Am J Trop Med Hyg
71(5): 554-7.
Spear, R. C., E. Seto, S. Liang, M. Birkner, A.
Hubbard, D. Qiu, C. Yang, B. Zhong, F. Xu, X. Gu and G. Davis (2004).
"Factors influencing the transmission of Schistosoma japonicum in the
mountains of Sichuan
Province." Am J Trop Med Hyg
70(1): 48-56.
Wu, Z., L. G. Zhao, Y. Mao, H. Yin, H. Wong, T. Wu
and R. C. Spear (2004). "Report on
Oncomelia snail surveys in ditches in the basin around Qionghai
Lake, Xichang, Sichuan." Chinese J. Schistosomiasis Control
5: 359-62,
in Chinese.
Xu, B., P. Gong, G. Biging, S. Liang, E. Seto and
R. Spear (2004). "Snail density prediction for schistosomiasis control
using ikonos and ASTER images." Photogrammetric Engineering and
Remote Sensing 70(11):
1285-1294.
Davis, G., Wu, W., Liu, H., Williams, A., Lu, S.,
Chen, H. and Seto, E.
(2003) Applying GIS and RS to the epidemiology of schistsomiasis in
Poyang Lake, China. Geographic Information Sciences, 8, 67-77.
Liang, S. (2003). A spatio-temporal modeling of
schistosomiasis transmission dynamics and control in
Sichuan, China.
Environmental Health Sciences. Berkeley, University of California
at Berkeley: 197.
Hubbard, A., S. Liang, D. Maszle, D. Qiu, X. Gu and
R. C. Spear (2002). "Estimating the distribution of worm burden and egg
excretion of Schistosoma japonicum by risk group in
Sichuan Province, China."
Parasitology 125(Pt
3): 221-31.
Liang, S., D. Maszle and R. C. Spear (2002). "A
quantitative framework for a multi-group model of Schistosomiasis
japonicum transmission dynamics and control in
Sichuan,
China." Acta
Trop 82(2): 263-77.
Seto, E.,
Xu, B., Wu, W., Davis, G., Qiu, D., Gu, X., Gong, P., & Spear, R.
(2002). The Use of GIS and Remote Sensing in Schistosomiasis Control in
China. In O. Kahn and R. Skinner (Eds.), Geographic Information Systems
and Health Applications. Hershey, PA: Idea Group, Inc.
Seto, E., B. Xu, S. Liang, P. Gong, W. P. Wu, G.
Davis, D. C. Qiu, X. G. Gu and R. Spear (2002). "The use of remote
sensing for predictive modeling of schistosomiasis in
China." Photogrammetric Engineering
and Remote Sensing 68(2): 167-174.
Seto, E., W. Wu, D. Qiu, X. Gu, R. Spear and G.
Davis (2002). "Impact of soil chemistry on the distribution of
Oncomelania hupensis (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae in China."
Malacologia 44(2):
259-272.
Spear, R. C., A. Hubbard, S. Liang and E. Seto
(2002). "Disease transmission models for public health decision making:
Toward an approach for designing intervention strategies for
Schistosomiasis japonica." Environmental Health Perspectives
110(9): 907-915.
Stothard, J. R., A. F. Mgeni, S. Khamis, E. Seto,
M. Ramsan and D. Rollinson (2002). "Urinary schistosomiasis in
schoolchildren on Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania: a parasitological
survey supplemented with questionnaires." Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
96(5): 507-14.
Stothard, J. R., A. F. Mgeni, S. Khamis, E. Seto,
M. Ramsan, S. J. Hubbard, T. K. Kristensen and D. Rollinson (2002). "New
insights into the transmission biology of urinary schistosomiasis in
Zanzibar." Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
96(5): 470-5.
Wu, W. P., G. Davis, E. Seto, J. Zhang, J. Hua, J.
G. Guo, Z. Feng, H. G. Chen, P. Gong and R. C. Spear (2002).
"Application of remote sensing for surveillance of snail habitats in
Poyang Lake, China."
Chinese J. Parasitology and Parasitic Disease
20: 205-8, in Chinese.
Xu, F. S., K. Y. Sha, B. Z. Liu, L. G. Zhao, Y. F.
Xiao, H. Z. Ying, Z. S. Wu, D. C. Qiu, S. Liang and R. C. Spear (2002).
"Investigation on schistosomiasis in residents living around
Qionghai Lake,
Xichang
City."
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
14: 105-8, in Chinese.
Seto, E., S. Liang, D. Qiu, X. Gu and R. C. Spear
(2001). "A protocol for geographically randomized snail surveys in
schistosomiasis fieldwork using the global positioning system." Am J
Trop Med Hyg 64(1-2): 98-9.
Liang, Y. S., J. R. Dai, A. Ning, D. B. Yu, X. J.
Xu, Y. C. Zhu and G. C. Coles (2001). "Susceptibility of Schistosoma
japonicum to praziquantel in China."
Trop Med Int Health 6(9):
707-14.
Hubbard, A., S. Liang, D. Maszle, D. C. Qiu, X. G.
Gu and R. C. Spear (2001). "Schistosomiasis japonica: Efffect of light
infections on estimating parasite burden and aggregation in a rural
population in Sichuan Province."
Chen, L., B. Zhong, K. Y. Sha, L. G. Zhao, H. Z.
Ying, C. H. Yang, S. Liang, R. C. Spear and X. Gu (2001). "Geographical
and agricultural characteristics and prevalence of schistosomiasis
around Qionghai Lake Area, Xichang City,
Sichuan." Journal of Practical Parasitic
Diseases 9: 145-8,
in Chinese.
Davis,
G. M., T. Wilke, Y. Zhang, X.-J. Xu, C.-P. Qiu, C. Spolsky, D.-C. Qiu,
Y. Li, M.-Y. Xia and Z. Feng (1999). "Snail-Schistosoma, Paragonimus
interactions in China: Population ecology, genetic diversity,
coevolution and emerging diseases." Malacologia
41(2): 355-377.
Liang, S. (1999). Quantifying the aggregation of
schistosomiasis infection and a simulation,
School
of Public Health,
University
of California,
Berkeley.
Spear, R., P. Gong, E. Seto, Y. Zhou, B. Xu, D.
Maszle, S. Liang, G. Davis and X. Gu (1999). "Remote sensing and GIS for
schistosomiasis control in mountainous areas in Sichuan, China."
Geographic Information Systems(4): 14-22.
Zhou, Y., D. Maszle, R. C. Spear, P. Gong, X. Gu,
D. Qiu, S. Liang and S. Wen (1999). "GIS and spatial analysis in
schistosomiasis transmission and control in mountainous areas."
Chinese J. Schistosomiasis Control
11: 263-266, in Chinese.
Maszle, D. R., P. G. Whitehead, R. C. Johnson and
R. C. Spear (1998). "Hydrological studies of schistosomiasis transport
in Sichuan Province, China." Science of the Total Environment
216(3): 193-203.
Zhou, Y., D. Maszle, P. Gong, R. C. Spear and X. Gu
(1996). "GIS based spatial network models of schistosomiasis infection."
Geographic Information Sciences
2(1-2): 51-57.