ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2022
Schistosoma Transmission in a Dynamic Seasonal Environment and its Impact on the Effectiveness of Disease Control.
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- Effectiveness of Four Different Interventions Against Schistosoma haematobium in a Seasonal Transmission Setting of Côte d'Ivoire: A Cluster Randomized Trial.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022Trial
- Evaluation of surveillance-response interventions for Schistosoma haematobium elimination on Pemba Island, Tanzania: A 4-year intervention study with repeated cross-sectional surveys.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Schistosomiasis japonica transmission dynamics: mathematical modeling in guiding One Health approach control strategies.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2026Article
- Population-level impact of mass drug administration against schistosomiasis with anthelmintic drugs targeting juvenile schistosomes: a modelling study.The Lancet. Microbe · 2025Article
- Health Status of Tsimihety Women: Sexually Transmitted Infections and Schistosomiasis, Northern Madagascar.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Application of microphysiological systems to unravel the mechanisms of schistosomiasis egg extravasation.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Review
- Impact of chemical snail control on intermediate host snail populations for urogenital schistosomiasis elimination in Pemba, Tanzania: findings of a 3-year intervention study.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
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- Re-assessing thermal response of schistosomiasis transmission risk: Evidence for a higher thermal optimum than previously predicted.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Re-assessing thermal response of schistosomiasis transmission risk: evidence for a higher thermal optimum than previously predicted.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- The Impact of Targeted Treatment and Mass Drug Administration Delivery Strategies on the Prevalence and Intensity of Schistosomiasis in School Aged Children in Africa: A Systematic Review.Infection and drug resistance · 2023Review
- Opportunity or catastrophe? effect of sea salt on host-parasite survival and reproduction.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundA seasonal transmission environment including seasonal variation of snail population density and human-snail contact patterns can affect the dynamics of Schistosoma infection and the success of control interventions. In projecting control outcomes, conventional modeling approaches have often ignored seasonality by using simplified intermediate-host modeling, or by restricting seasonal effects through use of yearly averaging.
methodsWe used mathematical analysis and numerical simulation to estimate the impact of seasonality on disease dynamics and control outcomes, and to evaluate whether seasonal averaging or intermediate-host reduction can provide reliable predictions of control outcomes. We also examined whether seasonality could be used as leverage in creation of effective control strategies.
resultsWe found models that used seasonal averaging could grossly overestimate infection burden and underestimate control outcomes in highly seasonal environments. We showed that proper intraseasonal timing of control measures could make marked improvement on the long-term burden reduction for Schistosoma transmission control, and we identified the optimal timing for each intervention. Seasonal snail control, implemented alone, was less effective than mass drug administration, but could provide additive impact in reaching control and elimination targets.
conclusionsSeasonal variation makes Schistosoma transmission less sustainable and easier to control than predicted by earlier modeling studies.
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