The association between child Schistosoma spp. infections and morbidity in an irrigated rice region in Mali: a localized study

Mutombo, N; Landouré, A; Young Man, W; Fenwick, A; Dembélé, R; Sacko, M; Keita, A D; Traoré, M S; Webster, J P; McLaws, M-L

Abstract

Schistosomiasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases endemic to Mali. There has been insufficient investigation of the morbidity burden in highly endemic irrigated rice areas with the ongoing mass drug administration with praziquantel. In February 2005, a year after an initial mass drug administration in 2004, we performed the first cross-sectional survey of schistosomiasis in the Kokry-Bozo village in the Office du Niger rice irrigation region. In the fourteen years since this survey, there has been almost no research into schistosomiasis morbidity in Mali due to lack of funding. Therefore, the 2005 survey supplies near-baseline data for any future research into the treatment impacts in the area.

Citation

Mutombo, N., Landouré, A., Young Man, W., Fenwick, A., Dembélé, R., Sacko, M., Keita, A. D., Traoré, M. S., Webster, J. P., & McLaws, M.-L. (2019). The association between child Schistosoma spp. infections and morbidity in an irrigated rice region in Mali: a localized study. Acta Tropica, 199, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105115

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 25, 2019
• Publication Date: Jul 26, 2019
• Deposit Date: Aug 1, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 27, 2020
• Journal: Acta Tropica
• Print ISSN: 0001-706X
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 199
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105115
• Public URL: https://rvc-repository.worktribe.com/output/1381088