Assessment of Knowledge about Schistosomiasis among Paddy Rice Farmers in Doho and Kibimba, Eastern Uganda

Ejotre, Imran; Nachuha, Sarah; Mwima, P.

doi:10.9734/ijtdh/2014/12579

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“…The male predominance in this current study is likely due to increased exposure to infected water sources secondary to farming activities. Similar findings were reported in a paddy cultivator population study in Uganda were predominately males were infected and excluded the asymptomatic population [12]. Surprisingly, majority of those previously infected were aware of the disease.…”

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Awareness of Transmission, Complications and Protective Measures against Schistosomiasis among Paddy Cultivators

Msigala¹,

Matuja²

2016

Intern Med

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Background: Schistosomiasis infection is among the neglected tropical diseases seen in Sub-Saharan Africa causing acute and chronic infection by the trematode worms. Paddy farming and livestock keeping are major economic activities in Africa. Information is lacking on this target groups' relationship to schistosomiasis infection. The aim was to assess the awareness of schistosomiasis transmission, complications, and protective measures among pad cultivators.

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Awareness of Transmission, Complications and Protective Measures against Schistosomiasis among Paddy Cultivators

Msigala¹,

Matuja²

2016

Intern Med

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“…An increase in schistosome infections in snail intermediate hosts, leads to contamination of water bodies with active cercariae thus meaning that human beings become at increased risk of being infected with the parasites. Some of the localities and regions where intestinal schistosomiasis has been reported to be endemic, with little to no reports on snail intermediate hosts include Lango region (Adriko et al ., 2018), West Nile region (Imran, 2014), Soroti district and Kibimba irrigation scheme (Ejotre et al ., 2014). There is a therefore a need to extensively establish the distribution of Biomphalaria snails in East Africa, because of limited information about their distribution and their significance as an important intermediate host in the transmission of schistosomiasis.…”

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Geographical Distribution of Biomphalaria snails in East Africa

Magero

Kisara

Wade

2021

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There is limited information on the distribution of B. pfeifferi, an important snail intermediate host of schistosomiasis, in East Africa. This study assessed the incidence and geographical distribution of B. pfeifferi snails in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Maximum Entropy modeling was used to predict the potential distribution of B. pfeifferi snails, in line with habitat suitability. Malacological surveys were then conducted guided by MaxEnt predictions and information obtained from previous research papers. The surveys were conducted at a total of 156 sites including streams, rivers, lake shores, dams and irrigation canals over a 3 year period (2018 to 2020). Geographical coordinates, ecological and physicochemical information was recorded for the sites visited. Snails were identified morphologically, based on shell characters using established identification keys. B. pfeifferi snails were found at 23.07% (36/156) of the sites sampled. Streams proved to be the habitats most preferred by B. pfeifferi snails (50% of all of the sites where the snails were found were streams), followed by rivers (20.6%), irrigation canals (8.8%), lake shores (8.8%), springs (5.9%), and dams (5.9%) with snail abundance increasing with increase in temperature and decrease in water depth. B. pfeifferi was found in the Lake Victoria basin, Mwea Irrigation Scheme and Eastern Province of Kenya, the Lake Albert region, Lango region, Soroti district, Lower Moshi irrigation scheme, Babati district, Iringa region, Tabora region and Kigoma region. Information on the distribution of B. pfeifferi in East Africa will aid in developing prevention and control strategies for schistosomiasis.AUTHOR SUMMARYFew studies have been conducted on the distribution of B. pfeifferi snails in East Africa with previous studies mostly isolated projects restricted to single divisions, districts and regions. Knowledge on the distribution of snail intermediate hosts can be helpful in establishing schistosomiasis transmission surveillance systems for detecting emerging and prevailing incidences of schistosomiasis. We undertook malacological surveys of freshwater sites across Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. A total of 156 sites were sampled and B. pfeifferi snails were found at 36 of the sites. Streams yielded the highest number of snails, in comparison to the other habitats that were sampled. Temperature and water depth were established to be statistically significant ecological and physicochemical factors that influence incidences and abundance of the snails. This study provides important information on the distribution of an important snail intermediate host in East Africa and the knowledge obtained herein can be helpful in establishing appropriate schistosomiasis control initiatives.

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Assessment of Knowledge about Schistosomiasis among Paddy Rice Farmers in Doho and Kibimba, Eastern Uganda

Abstract: Aim: To assess knowledge levels on schistosomiasis in farmers and laborers working in paddy rice fields in eastern Uganda.

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Awareness of Transmission, Complications and Protective Measures against Schistosomiasis among Paddy Cultivators

Awareness of Transmission, Complications and Protective Measures against Schistosomiasis among Paddy Cultivators

Geographical Distribution of Biomphalaria snails in East Africa

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