ArticleInfection and drug resistance2022
Article in Infection and drug resistance, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- A reservoir at the gates: nonhuman mammalian hosts for human schistosomiasis in western Africa and the critical challenge for elimination.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence of schistosomiasis and its association with anemia in Ethiopia, 2024: a systematic review and meta‑analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Schistosoma haematobium infection and treatment on the systemic and mucosal immune phenotype, gene expression and microbiome: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence ofEnvironmental health insights · 2026Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of intestinal schistosomiasis on students at Bochesa Elementary School, around the wetlands of Lake Ziway, Ethiopia.IJID regions · 2025Article
- Schistosomiasis Interventions in Africa: Assessment and Systematic Review.Journal of parasitology research · 2025Review
- African schistosomes in small mammal communities: Perspectives from a spatio-temporal survey in the vicinity of Lake Guiers, Senegal.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Prevalence of humanEClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- High prevalence of natural infection by the ruminant blood flukeVeterinary world · 2024Article
- Reaching the World Health Organization elimination targets for schistosomiasis: the importance of a One Health perspective.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Review
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Abstract
Background: Schistosoma is one of the prevalent parasitic infection in humans and animals. Schistosomiasis in children is particularly serious and results in liver and spleen enlargement, anemia, stunting, reduced ability to learn and death. The aim of this study was to measure the prevalence and distribution of schistosomiasis in children, rodents and snail populations in Aleffa and Takusa districts, north-west Ethiopia. Methods: Disease status and exposure were simultaneously measured from December 2020 to December 2021. School children's stool specimens were collected for schistosomiasis examination by Kato Katz and formal-ether techniques. Live rodents and snails were trapped and collected in search of adult schistosoma, eggs, and cercariae, respectively. Multiple logistic regression analytic technique by using SPSS version 20 was conducted. Results: Of 460 stool specimens examined, 116 (25.22) were found positive for Conclusion: The study revealed that there is a moderate prevalence of schistosomiasis in different hosts. Thus, multi-host intervention is crucial to achieving the goal of interrupting transmission of schistosomiasis in the study area. Further research to better understand and exploit the broader environmental, ecological context and encompassing dynamic interactions between all hosts over time will be crucial for building predictive models beyond the known fact of having or not having reservoirs/hybridization of schistosoma in our study area.
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