National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China

Professor Xiao-Nong Zhou is Director of the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, P.R.China. He graduated with a PhD in Biology from Copenhagen University, Denmark. His professional works are across the fields of ecology, population biology, epidemiology, and malacology. Professor Zhou is the Chair of the National Expert Advisory Committee on schistosomiasis and other parasitic diseases for China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission. He has written extensively on parasitology and parasitic diseases, with more than 100 peer review publications in international journals, such as N Engl J Med, Lancet, Emerg Inf Dis, Inter J Parasitol, Adv Parasitol, PLoS NTDs, Parasites and Vectors, etc. He has collaborated with WHO/TDR and WHO, including serving as members for WHO STAC on NTDs, WHO/TDR STAC, WHO Foodborne Burden Epidemiology Reference Group. He had contributed, as former President, to the Regional Network on Asian Schistosomiasis and Other Important Zoonoses since 2000. He is the Editor-in-Chief for Infectious Diseases of Poverty (BioMed Central as publisher), and Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control (Chinese national journal).

• 1. Contributions and achievements on schistosomiasis control and elimination in China by NIPD-CTDRChun-Li Cao, Li-Juan Zhang, Wang-Ping Deng, Yin-Long Li, Chao Lv, Si-Min Dai, Ting Feng, Zhi-Qiang Qin, Li-Ping Duan, Hao-Bing Zhang, Wei Hu, Zheng Feng, Jing Xu, Shan Lv, Jia-Gang Guo, Shi-Zhu Li, Jian-Ping Cao and Xiao-Nong Zhou2. The contributions and achievements on malaria control and forthcoming elimination in China over the past 70 years by the NIPD-CTDRXinyu Feng, Zhigui Xia, Jun Feng, Li Zhang, He Yan, Linhua Tang, Xiao-Nong Zhou and Shuisen Zhou3. Contribution to the echinococcosis control programme in China by NIPD-CTDRMeihua Fu, Shuai Han, Cuizhao Xue, Xu Wang, Baixue Liu, Ying Wang, Liying Wang, Sihui Wei, Xiaoyu Cui, Ting Zhang, Haobing Zhang, Bin Zheng, Tian Tian, Shijie Yang, Chunhua Gao, Zhisheng Dang, Bin Xu, Qing Yu and Weiping Wu4. Contributions to the lymphatic filariasis elimination programme and post-elimination surveillance in China by NIPD-CTDRDe-Jian Sun, Yuan Fang, Yun Huang and Zhang Yi5. Contributions of the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases to the control of visceral leishmaniasis in ChinaZheng-Bing Zhou, Jun-Yun Wang, Chun-Hua Gao, Shuai Han, Yuan-Yuan Li, Yi Zhang and Xiao-Nong Zhou6. Engagement of the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases in control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in China Hui-Hui Zhu, Chang-Hai Zhou, Mi-Zhen Zhang, Ji-Lei Huang, Ting-Jun Zhu, Men-Bao Qian, Ying-Dan Chen, Shi-Zhu Li and Xiao-Nong Zhou7. From awareness to action: NIPD’s engagement in the control of food-borne clonorchiasisMen-Bao Qian, Chang-Hai Zhou, Hui-Hui Zhu, Ting-Jun Zhu, Ji-Lei Huang, Ying-Dan Chen and Xiao-Nong Zhou8. Control of eosinopilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the People's Republic of ChinaShan Lv, Yun-Hai Guo, Fu-Rong Wei, Yi Zhang, Ning Xiao and Xiao-Nong Zhou9. Control of taeniasis and cysticercosis in ChinaMen-Bao Qian, Ning Xiao, Shi-Zhu Li, Bernadette Abela-Ridder, Hélène Carabin, Anna Sophie Fahrion, Dirk Engels and Xiao-Nong Zhou10. Epidemiological big data and analytical tools applied in the control programmes on parasitic diseases in China: NIPD's sustained contributions in 70 yearsShang Xia, Jin-Xin Zheng, Xin-Yi Wang, Jing-Bo Xue, Jian-Hong Hu, Xue-Qiang Zhang, Xiao-Nong Zhou and Shi-Zhu Li11. Construction and application of surveillance and response systems for parasitic diseases in China, led by NIPDY.-W. Hao, Q. Wang, C.-L. Cao, T. Tian, Z.-L. Zhu, J. Xu, S.-S. Zhou, W.-P. Wu, Y.-D. Chen, Y. Zhang, J.-X. Chen, S.-Z. Li, N. Xiao and X.-N. Zhou12. Establishment and application of the National Parasitic Resource Center (NPRC) in ChinaShao-Hong Chen, Hai-Mo Shen, Yan Lu, Lin Ai, Jia-Xu Chen, Xue-Nian Xu, Peng Song, Yu-Chun Cai and Xiao-Nong Zhou13. Contribution of NIPD-CTDR to the parasitic diseases control and elimination in China: Memory of the 70th anniversary for NIPD-CTDRNing Xiao, Shi-Zhu Li, Men-Bao Qian, Zhi-Gui Xia, Qing Yu, Qin Liu, Shan lv and Xiao-Nong Zhou