A country doctor dedicated to the fight against schistosomiasis

Oncomelania is the only intermediate host of Schistosome. As a doctor fighting schistosomiasis, Chen Fanjing’s main tasks also include investigating and eliminating such snails. The work is not only a test of strength and endurance but also full of danger. One day in April 2008, he was doing the field research when he accidentally fell into a puddle that was more than one meter deep and hidden in the grass. When climbing out of the puddle he had got soaked all over. He took off his clothes, squeezed out the water and continued doing his work. The result is that he had a fever that night. However, the next day when the fever was gone, he was back to work again. That year, Chen was 53 years old and was also a patient with schistosomiasis and liver fibrosis level II.