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 .
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 .
