Even more of a problem are life-threatening parasitic infections , such as malaria and schistosomiasis .

更严重的是伴随一生的寄生感染，比如疟疾和血吸虫病。

Victims of schistosomiasis , also called snail-fever , suffer chronic diarrhoea , fatigue and fever .

而受害者就患上了血吸虫病，忍受长期的腹泻疲劳高烧。

People develop schistosomiasis , or infections with schistosomes , by swimming in or touching water containing infected snails that release the larvae into the water .

当被感染的蜗牛向水中施放血吸虫幼虫后，人们再接触受污染的水或在水中游泳，就会患上血吸虫病，或感染血吸虫。

And fighting schistosomiasis requires a more holistic , multi-pronged approach-particularly now that ecosystems in the three gorges region have been altered .

对抗血吸虫病需要更加全面，多管齐下的方法，特别是在三峡地区的生态系统已被改变的情况下。

China 's ministry of health , meanwhile , is trying to control schistosomiasis infections with a combination of drugs and applications of molluscicides , pesticides that wipe out the disease 's snail carriers .

中国卫生部也在同期展开了控制血吸虫病传播的行动，他们将用药物与杀螺剂、杀虫剂结合的方式清除这种疾病的携带体--蜗牛。