Background:Schistosomiasis is a water-baseddisease transmitted by trematodes belonging to the genus *** aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the prevalence of schistosomiasis and access to water,s...
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Background:Schistosomiasis is a water-based disease transmitted by trematodes belonging to the genus *** aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the prevalence of schistosomiasis and access to water,sanitation and hygiene(WASH)and environmental and socioeconomic factors in the city of Korhogo,northern Côte d'***:A cross-sectional study including 728 randomly selected households was conducted in Korhogo in March *** heads of the households were interviewed about access to WASH and environmental and socioeconomic *** children abed between 5 and 15 years living in the households were selected to provide stool and urine samples for parasitological diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium *** relationship between infection with *** and potential risk factors was analysed by a mixed logistic regression model with‘household’as a random *** ratio tests were used to identify factors that were significantly associated with a Schistosoma ***:The overall prevalence of schistosomiasis among school-aged children in Korhogo was 1.9%(45/2341)composed of 0.3%(3/1248)*** and 3.5%(42/1202)*** to the low prevalence of *** infection,risk factor analysis was limited to *** were 7.8 times more likely to be infected with *** than *** between 10 and 15 years of age were 3.8 times more likely to be infected than their younger counterparts aged 5-10 ***,living in a house further away from a water access point(odds ratio[OR]=0.29,95%confidence interval[CI]:0.13-0.70)and abstaining from swimming in open freshwater bodies(OR=0.16,95%CI:0.04-0.56)were significantly associated with decreased odds of *** *** socioeconomic status did not appear to influence the prevalence of ***:A strategy to reduce the incidence of schistosomiasis should focus on health education to change the b
countries in West Africa remain a hotspot for malaria with all age groups at *** carriers of Plasmodium *** important sources of infections for malaria vectors and thus contribute to the anchoring of the disease in fa...
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countries in West Africa remain a hotspot for malaria with all age groups at *** carriers of Plasmodium *** important sources of infections for malaria vectors and thus contribute to the anchoring of the disease in favourable eco-epidemiological *** objective of this study was to assess the asymptomatic malaria case rates in Korhogo and Kaedi,two urban areas in northern Côte d’Ivoire and southern Mauritania,***:Cross-sectional surveys were carried out during the rainy season in 2014 and the dry season in 2015 in both *** each season,728 households were randomly selected and a household-based questionnaire was implemented to collect demographic and epidemiological data,including of malaria preventive methods used in ***-prick blood samples were obtained for biological examination using microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests(RdTs).Results:Overall,2672 households and 15858 consenting participants were *** *** was confirmed in 12.4%(n=832)and 0.3%(n=22)of the assessed individuals in Korhogo and Kaedi,*** Korhogo,the prevalence of asymptomatic malaria was 10.5%(95%CI:9.7-11.2)as determined by microscopy and 9.3%(95%CI:8.6-10.0%)when assessed by *** Kaedi,asymptomatic malaria prevalence was 0.2%(95%CI:0.1-0.4%)according to microscopy,while all RdTs performed were negative(n=8372).In Korhogo,asymptomatic malaria infection was significantly associated with age and season,with higher risk within the 5-14 years-old,and during the rainy *** Kaedi,the risk of asymptomatic malaria infection was associated with season only(higher during the dry season;crude OR(cOR):6.37,95%CI:1.87-21.63).*** was the predominant species identified in both study sites representing 99.2%(n=825)in Korhogo and 59.1%(n=13)in *** were observed only in Korhogo and only during the rainy season at 1.3%(95%CI:0.7-2.4%).Conclusions:Our findings show a low prevalence of c
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