Schistosomiasis and water resources development: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimates of people at risk

Steinmann, Peter; Keiser, Jennifer; Bos, Robert; Tanner, Marcel; Utzinger, Jürg

doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(06)70521-7

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“…Fig. 1 shows the estimated country-specific schistosome prevalence data across Africa as of mid-2003, according to webappendix 2 from a recent review (Steinmann et al 2006). The estimated schistosome prevalence was above 50 % in three of the SCI-supported countries (Burkina Faso, Mali and United Republic of Tanzania), whereas the respective prevalence estimates were around 25 % in the remaining three countries (Niger, Uganda and Zambia).…”

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Control of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa: progress made, new opportunities and remaining challenges

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S U M M A R YSeveral other journal supplements have documented progress made in the control of schistosomiasis in Egypt, China and Brazil, however, with more than 97% of the schistosome infections now estimated to occur in Africa, the relevance of this special issue in Parasitology cannot be overemphasized. In total, 18 articles are presented, inclusive of a lead-editorial from the WHO highlighting a seminal resolution at the 54th World Health Assembly in 2001 that advocated de-worming. Facilitated by a US$ 30 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2002, the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative subsequently fostered implementation of large-scale schistosomiasis (and soil-transmitted helminthiasis) control programmes in six selected African countries. From 2005, CONTRAST, a European union-funded consortium, was formed to conduct multi-disciplinary research pertaining to optimisation of schistosomiasis control. Progress made in schistosomiasis control across sub-Saharan Africa since the turn of the new millennium is reviewed, shedding light on the latest findings stemming from clinical, epidemiological, molecular and social sciences research, inclusive of public health interventions with monitoring and evaluation activities. New opportunities for integrating the control of schistosomiasis and other so-called neglected tropical diseases are highlighted, but more importantly, several opportune questions that arise from it frame the remaining challenges ahead for an enduring solution.

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“…As illustrated in a recent systematic review by Steinmann and colleagues, the development of water resources and their management can have increase schistosomiasis transmission ( 18 ). The meta-analysis, based on African studies, showed a risk ratio of 2.4 and 2.6 for urinary schistosomiasis (caused by S. hematobium ) and intestinal schistosomiasis (caused by S. mansoni ), respectively, among persons living adjacent to dam reservoirs.…”

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“…The analyses also showed that persons living near land that had been irrigated for agricultural use had an estimated risk ratio of 1.1 for urinary schistosomiasis and an estimated risk ratio of 4.7 for intestinal schistosomiasis. Furthermore, the same group estimated that 8.76 million Chinese persons live in irrigated, schistosome-endemic areas and that 9.97 million Chinese persons live in areas that are at high risk because of dam construction; however, they were unable to identify studies that assessed the effect of water resources development and management on schistosomiasis and called for additional screening of the Chinese literature ( 18 ). …”

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Large Water Management Projects and Schistosomiasis Control, Dongting Lake Region, China

Raso

Zhao

et al. 2007

Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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“…1 Guinea has long been known to be prevalent with these diseases. 2,3 Surveys in the 1990s showed that in NZérékoré region, Forest Guinea, the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni ranged from 1.5% to 86.1%, that of S. haematobium from 14.0% to 75%, hookworm 20-80%, Ascaris lumbricoides 21.6-55.0% and Trichuris trichiura 3.2-19% according to the published data 4,5 as well as data from the Ministry of Health (M. Bah, personal communication).…”

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Current status of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Beyla and Macenta Prefectures, Forest Guinea

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Koroma

Baldé³

et al. 2011

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygi

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a b s t r a c tA cross-sectional survey was undertaken in children aged 9-14 years in Beyla and Macenta Prefectures, Forest Guinea. Stool samples were examined by Kato-Katz and urine samples were examined by the centrifugation method. The overall prevalence and intensity of infection was 66.2% and 462.4 eggs per gram of faeces (epg) for Schistosoma mansoni, 21.0% and 17.8 eggs per 10 ml of urine for S. haematobium, 51.2% and 507.5 epg for hookworm, 8.1% and 89.1 epg for Ascaris lumbricoides and 2.4% and 16.7 epg for Trichuris trichiura. The overall prevalence of schistosomiasis (S. mansoni and/or S. haematobium) was 70.7%. The prevalence of schistosomiasis was similar to those reported in the 1990s in the region; however, the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths has since fallen. These findings illustrate the need for schistosomiasis control in Guinea.

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Schistosomiasis and water resources development: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimates of people at risk

Cited by 1,913 publications

References 67 publications

Control of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa: progress made, new opportunities and remaining challenges

Control of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa: progress made, new opportunities and remaining challenges

Large Water Management Projects and Schistosomiasis Control, Dongting Lake Region, China

Current status of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Beyla and Macenta Prefectures, Forest Guinea

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