Han, Xiu-Min http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2859-1784
Cai, Qi-Gang
Wang, Wei
Wang, Hu
Zhang, Qiang
Wang, Yong-Shun
Funding for this research was provided by:
Qinghai Science and Technology department (2015-HZ-809)
Article History
Received: 10 August 2017
Accepted: 19 June 2018
First Online: 12 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Written ethical approval for the study was obtained from the human ethics committee of Qinghai Provincial Institute of Endemic Disease Prevention and Control. Formal permission was obtained from the local Education Bureaus of Yushu and Guoluo to screen all the school children in the study area. Teachers and parents were informed about the procedures and were promised free diagnosis and treatment with albendazole for any student found to have echinococcosis infection before the commencement of the survey. Consent was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of all the student participants.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.