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ReviewTrends in parasitology2018

To Reduce the Global Burden of Human Schistosomiasis, Use 'Old Fashioned' Snail Control.

Susanne H Sokolow, Chelsea L Wood, Isabel J Jones, Kevin D Lafferty, Armand M Kuris, Michael H Hsieh, Giulio A De Leo

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Review in Trends in parasitology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Susanne H SokolowHopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA; Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA. Electronic address: ssokolow@stanford.edu.
Chelsea L WoodSchool of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Box 355020, Seattle, WA 98195-5020, USA.
Isabel J JonesHopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.
Kevin D LaffertyU.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, c/o Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
Armand M KurisMarine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
Michael H HsiehChildren's National Health System, Washington DC, 20010, USA; The George Washington University, Washington DC, 20037, USA; Biomedical Research Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
Giulio A De LeoHopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.

Funding

Effects of agricultural expansion and intensification on infectionsR01TW010286 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI REMAIS, JUSTIN V, ROHR, JASON ROBERT · 2015 to 2019
$2.4M
FIC NIH HHS R01 TW010286
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Control strategies to reduce human schistosomiasis have evolved from 'snail picking' campaigns, a century ago, to modern wide-scale human treatment campaigns, or preventive chemotherapy. Unfortunately, despite the rise in preventive chemotherapy campaigns, just as many people suffer from schistosomiasis today as they did 50 years ago. Snail control can complement preventive chemotherapy by reducing the risk of transmission from snails to humans. Here, we present ideas for modernizing and scaling up snail control, including spatiotemporal targeting, environmental diagnostics, better molluscicides, new technologies (e.g., gene drive), and 'outside the box' strategies such as natural enemies, traps, and repellants. We conclude that, to achieve the World Health Assembly's stated goal to eliminate schistosomiasis, it is time to give snail control another look.

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AnimalsDisease EradicationHumansSchistosomiasisSnails

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PMID29126819
PMCPMC5819334

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