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ArticleBMC research notes2018

Schistosoma mansoni and other intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren and vervet monkeys in Lake Ziway area, Ethiopia.

Dejene Teklemariam, Mengistu Legesse, Abraham Degarege, Song Liang, Berhanu Erko

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Dejene TeklemariamHawassa College of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 84, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
Mengistu LegesseAklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Abraham DegaregeAklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Song LiangDepartment of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
Berhanu ErkoAklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. berhanue@yahoo.com.
Addis Ababa University · ETHawassa University · ETUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

Spatio-temporal data integration methods for infectious disease surveillanceR01AI125842 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI CHANG, HOWARD H, REMAIS, JUSTIN V · 2017 to 2021
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NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125842
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess Schistosoma mansoni and other intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren and vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) in Bochessa Village, Ziway, Ethiopia.

resultsFecal specimens from selected schoolchildren and droppings of the vervet monkeys were collected and microscopically examined for intestinal parasites using the Kato-Katz thick smear and formol-ether concentration techniques. The prevalences of S. mansoni, Trichuris trichiura, Ascaris lumbricoides, Enterobius vermicularis, hookworms, Hymenolepis nana and Taenia species among the children were 35.7, 26.9, 24.1, 2.1, 2.1, 1.07 and 2.1%, respectively (by Kato-Katz) and 39.3, 36.1, 35.6, 2.9, 10.0, 4.3, and 2.9%, respectively (by formol-ether concentration). Prevalence of S. mansoni in vervet monkeys ranged from 10 to 20%. B. pfeifferi snails were exposed to S. mansoni miracidia from vervet origin, shed cercariae were then used to infect lab-bred albino mice. Adult worms were harvested from the mice 5 weeks post-exposure to cercariae to establish the schistosome life cycle and confirm the infection in the vervet monkeys. The natural infection of S. mansoni in vervet monkeys suggests that the non-human primate is likely to be implicated in the local transmission of schistosomiasis. Further epidemiological and molecular studies are needed to fully elucidate zoonotic role of non-human primate in the area.

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AnimalsChildChlorocebus aethiopsEthiopiaFemaleHumansIntestinal Diseases, ParasiticMaleSchistosomiasis mansoniZoonosesEthiopiaIntestinal parasitesSchistosoma mansoniTransmissionVervet monkeysZoonosis

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