In Kenya, communities residing along the shores and islands of Lake Victoria bear a substantial burden of schistosomiasis. Although there is a school-based deworming program in place, the transmission of varies even at a fine scale. Given the focal nature of schistosomes' transmission, we aim to identify areas with high intensity of infection in Mbita, Homabay County, western Kenya, for prioritized integrated control measures. Our findings confirm a high intensity of infection cluster around Mbita causeway. While the current efforts to curtail morbidity due to schistosomiasis through preventive chemotherapy in schools are crucial, fine-scale mapping of risk areas is necessary for specific integrated control measures.
BT - Tropical medicine and health C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31015786?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1186/s41182-019-0152-y J2 - Trop Med Health LA - eng N2 -In Kenya, communities residing along the shores and islands of Lake Victoria bear a substantial burden of schistosomiasis. Although there is a school-based deworming program in place, the transmission of varies even at a fine scale. Given the focal nature of schistosomes' transmission, we aim to identify areas with high intensity of infection in Mbita, Homabay County, western Kenya, for prioritized integrated control measures. Our findings confirm a high intensity of infection cluster around Mbita causeway. While the current efforts to curtail morbidity due to schistosomiasis through preventive chemotherapy in schools are crucial, fine-scale mapping of risk areas is necessary for specific integrated control measures.
PY - 2019 EP - 26 T2 - Tropical medicine and health TI - A high-intensity cluster of infection around Mbita causeway, western Kenya: a confirmatory cross-sectional survey. UR - https://tropmedhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41182-019-0152-y VL - 47 SN - 1348-8945 ER -