Water buffalo as sentinel animals for schistosomiasis surveillance

About 75% of human pathogens are zoonotic, meaning that they are communicated from animals to humans. Cattle, water buffalo, goats, dogs, pigs and rats are potentially important reservoir hosts for this parasite because of their contact with humans. Grazing ruminants including goats, cattle and wate...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2015-07, Vol.93 (7), p.511-512
Main Authors: Angeles, Jose Ma M, Leonardo, Lydia R, Goto, Yasuyuki, Kirinoki, Masashi, Villacorte, Elena A, Hakimi, Hassan, Moendeg, Kharleezelle J, Lee, Seungyeon, Rivera, Pilarita T, Inoue, Noboru, Chigusa, Yuichi, Kawazu, Shin-ichiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Buffalo
Buffaloes - parasitology
Cattle
China
China (People's Republic)
Control
Cooperation
Defecation
Diseases
Distribution
Dogs
Education
Environmental health
Feces - parasitology
Goats
Health
Health aspects
Health care
Health education
Health Policy & Services
Health surveillance
Human
Humans
Infections
Laboratories
Land reclamation
Livestock
Mammals
Mollusks
Parasites
Parasitic diseases
Parasitology
Polymerase chain reaction
Public health
Rabies
Reservoirs
Rice fields
Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis - veterinary
Sentinel Species - parasitology
Sentinel Surveillance
Surveillance
Tropical diseases
Veterinary medicine
Water
Water buffalo
World Health Organization
Zoonoses
Zoonoses - parasitology
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Summary:About 75% of human pathogens are zoonotic, meaning that they are communicated from animals to humans. Cattle, water buffalo, goats, dogs, pigs and rats are potentially important reservoir hosts for this parasite because of their contact with humans. Grazing ruminants including goats, cattle and water buffalo are exposed to the parasite in transmission sites such as rice paddies. In Anhui and Sichuan provinces of China, re-emergence of schistosomiasis in humans was attributed to the high prevalence of schistosome infection among cows and water buffalo. Microscopic examination of stool samples is a standard test for several parasitic diseases, including schistosomiasis. However, microscopy has low sensitivity in diagnosing schistosomiasis among water buffalo due to the large volume of bovine excreta. Definitive, intermediate and reservoir host factors as well as social and environmental influences should all be considered in the control of this disease. Current control strategies for schistosomiasis include mass drug administration and health education of human hosts.
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
DOI:10.2471/BLT.14.143065