Intestinal schistosomiasis in Uganda at high altitude (>1400 m): malacological and epidemiological surveys on Mount Elgon and in Fort Portal crater lakes reveal extra preventive chemotherapy needs
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- 作者：Michelle C. Stanton ; Moses Adriko ; Moses Arinaitwe…
- 关键词：School children ; Schistosoma mansoni ; Kato ; Katz ; CCA ; SEA ; ELISA ; Biomphalaria
- 刊名：Infectious Diseases of Poverty
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：6
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1409KB
- 刊物主题：Infectious Diseases; Tropical Medicine; Public Health;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：2049-9957
- 卷排序：6
文摘
BackgroundIntestinal schistosomiasis is of public health importance in Uganda but communities living above 1400 m are not targeted for control as natural transmission is thought unlikely. To assess altitudinal boundaries and at-risk populations, conjoint malacological and epidemiological surveys were undertaken on Mount Elgon (1139 m–3937 m), in Fort Portal crater lakes and in the Rwenzori Mountains (1123 m–4050 m).