This database was setup by Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, PR China. All references in the database were published in Chinese in Chinese Journal since 1950, covering the epidemiology, immunology, biology, molecular biology, medicine,etc. in the field of schistosomiasis japonica.

The China Endemic Diseases Society was founded in January 1994 as a voluntary body of national 1st category and an independent corporate body approved by the Ministry of Civil Affairs after agreement of the Ministry of Health of China.

Strengtherning Regional Network for Asian Schistosomiasis (SRNAS) (WHO funded proposal)

The GIS Training Course Focused on Schistosomiasis Research. November 9-17,1998,JIangsu Institute Parasitic Diseases,Wuxi,Chna