ArticleInfectious diseases of poverty2017
Effect of temperature on the Bulinus globosus - Schistosoma haematobium system.
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- Schistosomiasis in Zambia: a systematic review of past and present experiences.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2018Pooled it
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- Climate Change and Cascading Risks from Infectious Disease.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2022Review
- Potential risk of colonization of Bulinus globosus in the mainland of China under climate change.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2022Article
- Trends in the prevalence of microscopically-confirmed schistosomiasis in the South African public health sector, 2011-2018.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Heat shock increases hydrogen peroxide release from circulating hemocytes of the snail Biomphalaria glabrata.Fish & shellfish immunology · 2020Article
- Persistent establishment of a tropical disease in Europe: the preadaptation of schistosomes to overwinter.Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
- Simulation of population dynamics of Bulinus globosus: Effects of environmental temperature on production of Schistosoma haematobium cercariae.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
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- Support for research towards understanding the population health vulnerabilities to vector-borne diseases: increasing resilience under climate change conditions in Africa.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundGiven that increase in temperature may alter host-parasite relationships, the anticipated rise in temperature due to global warming might change transmission patterns of certain diseases. However, the extent to which this will happen is not well understood.
methodsUsing a host-parasite system involving Bulinus globosus and Schistosoma haematobium, we assessed the effect of temperature on snail fecundity, growth, survival and parasite development under laboratory conditions.
resultsOur results show that temperature may have a non-linear effect on snail fecundity and snail growth. Snails maintained at 15.5 °C and 36.0 °C did not produce egg masses while those maintained at 25.8 °C laid 344 and 105 more egg masses than snails at 31.0 °C and 21.2 °C, respectively. Attainment of patency led to a reduction in egg mass production among the snails. However, the reduction in fecundity for snails maintained at 21.2 °C occurred before snails started shedding cercariae. Parasite development was accelerated at high temperatures with snails maintained at 31.0 °C reaching patency after three weeks. Furthermore, snail growth rate was highest at 25.8 °C while it was inhibited at 15.5 °C and reduced at 31.0 °C. Increase in temperature increased snail mortality rates. Snails maintained at 36.0 °C had the shortest survival time while those maintained at 15.5 °C had the longest survival time.
conclusionsWe concluded that temperature influences fecunxdity, growth, survival and parasite development in the snail and thus dictates the time it takes the parasite to complete the life cycle. This has implications on transmission of schistosomiasis in the context of global warming.
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