Applied and basic research on the epidemiology, morbidity, and immunology of schistosomiasis in fishing communities on Lake Albert, Uganda

We report multidisciplinary studies on schistosomiasis which have been ongoing in the fishing communities of Piida, Booma, Bugoigo and Walakuba, on Lake Albert, Uganda, since 1996. Schistosomiasis is the major health problem in this area, with high infection intensities and prevalence. In addition t...

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Published in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2006-03, Vol.100 (3), p.216-223
Main Authors: Dunne, David W., Vennervald, Birgitte J., Booth, Mark, Joseph, Sarah, Fitzsimmons, Colin M., Cahen, Pierre, Sturrock, Robert F., Ouma, John H., Mwatha, Joseph K., Kimani, Gachuhi, Kariuki, H. Curtis, Kazibwe, Francis, Tukahebwa, Edridah, Kabatereine, Narcis B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Anthelmintics - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Cohort Studies
Control
Diseases caused by trematodes
Drug Resistance
Female
Fisheries
Fresh Water
Helminthic diseases
Humans
Immunology
Infectious diseases
Liver Cirrhosis - epidemiology
Liver Cirrhosis - parasitology
Male
Medical sciences
Morbidity
Parasitic diseases
Praziquantel
Praziquantel - therapeutic use
Prevalence
Schistosoma mansoni - immunology
Schistosomiases
Schistosomiasis mansoni
Schistosomiasis mansoni - complications
Schistosomiasis mansoni - epidemiology
Schistosomiasis mansoni - immunology
Schistosomiasis mansoni - prevention & control
Uganda
Uganda - epidemiology
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Summary:We report multidisciplinary studies on schistosomiasis which have been ongoing in the fishing communities of Piida, Booma, Bugoigo and Walakuba, on Lake Albert, Uganda, since 1996. Schistosomiasis is the major health problem in this area, with high infection intensities and prevalence. In addition to generating basic data on the epidemiology, morbidity and immunology of human schistosomiasis, this research programme is providing important descriptive and methodological information, and has contributed to the increase in operational capacity within Uganda in recent years. Such information and operational capacity are needed to facilitate much needed schistosomiasis control programmes, such as the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative that was launched in Uganda in 2003.
ISSN:0035-9203
1878-3503
DOI:10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.03.016