ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2016
Natural and human induced factors influencing the abundance of Schistosoma host snails in Zambia.
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- A meta-analysis of changes in schistosomiasis prevalence in Zambia: implications on the 2020 elimination target.Parasitology research · 2020Pooled it
- Schistosomiasis in Zambia: a systematic review of past and present experiences.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2018Pooled it
- Epidemiology and Current Challenges of Human Schistosomiasis Along the Shabelle River, Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia.Acta parasitologica · 2025Article
- Predicting current habitat suitability for intermediate snail hosts of urogenital and intestinal schistosomiasis in the Lower Shire Valley floodplain of southern Malawi.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Impact of Climate Change on Schistosomiasis Transmission and Distribution-Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Epidemiology of intestinal helminthiasis with an emphasis on taeniasis in Chipata district of the Eastern province of Zambia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Modelling the historical distribution of schistosomiasis-transmitting snails in South Africa using ecological niche models.PloS one · 2023Article
- Prevalence and Molecular Identification ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- Schistosomiasis with a Focus on Africa.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2021Review
- The Effect of Climate Change and the Snail-Schistosome Cycle in Transmission and Bio-Control of Schistosomiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Review
- Chromatographic and computational studies of ligands associated with bilharziasis.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2019Article
- Distribution ofThe East African health research journal · 2019Article
- Schistosoma haematobium effects on Plasmodium falciparum infection modified by soil-transmitted helminths in school-age children living in rural areas of Gabon.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Climate Change and the Neglected Tropical Diseases.Advances in parasitology · 2018Review
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Abstract
Schistosomiasis remains a global public health problem affecting about 240 million people. In Zambia, 2 million are infected while 3 million live with the risk of getting infected. Research and interventions relating to schistosomiasis are mainly linked to disease epidemiology. Malacological and ecological aspects of the disease are superficially understood. Developing effective control measures requires an understanding of interacting environmental and socioeconomic factors of host snails vis-a-vis schistosomiasis. Therefore, the present work involved collecting social and environmental data in a large field study in two zones in Zambia that are different in terms of temperature and rainfall amounts. Social data collected through questionnaires included demographic, educational and knowledge of schistosomiasis disease dynamics. Environmental data included physicochemical factors, aquatic plants and snails. Gender (P < 0.001) significantly influences livelihood strategies, while age (P = 0.069) and level of education (P = 0.086) have a moderate influence in zone I. In zone III, none of these factors (age, P = 0.378; gender, P = 0.311; education, P = 0.553) play a significant role. Environmental parameters explained 43 and 41 % variation in species composition for zones I and III, respectively. Most respondents' (52 %, 87 %) perception is that there are more cases of bilharzia in hot season than in other seasons (rainy season 23 %, 7 %; cold season 8 %, 0 % and year round 17 %, 6 %) for zone I and zone III, respectively.
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