Malaria infection and human behavioral factors: A stochastic model analysis for direct observation data in the Solomon Islands

Nakazawa, Minato; Ohmae, Hiroshi; Ishii, Akira; Leafasia, Judson

doi:10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1998)10:6<781::aid-ajhb9>3.0.co;2-w

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“…It is therefore surprising that there has been relatively little formal work on infectious disease dynamics and their consequences for populations and individuals embedded within populations within the fields of Human Biology and Biological Anthropology. Human biology remains concerned with the consequences of infectious disease (eg, Dinkel et al, 2020; Gurven, Kaplan, & Supa, 2007; Houldcroft, Ramond, Rifkin, & Underdown, 2017; Houldcroft & Underdown, 2016; McDade et al, 2012), but with precious few exceptions (Hazel & Jones, 2018; Hazel, Marino, & Simon, 2015; Hazel, Ponnaluri‐Wears, Davis, Low, & Foxman, 2014; McGrath, 1988; Nakazawa, Ohmae, Ishii, & Leafasia, 1998; O'Neil & Sattenspiel, 2010; Sattenspiel, Koopman, Simon, & Jacquez, 1990; Upham, 1986) generally does not integrate the rich body of theory and methodology derived from mathematical models of transmission dynamics.…”

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Transmission‐dynamicsmodels for theSARSCoronavirus‐2

Jones

Hazel

Almquist

2020

American J Hum Biol

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Transmission‐dynamicsmodels for theSARSCoronavirus‐2

Jones

Hazel

Almquist

2020

American J Hum Biol

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“…He also discussed cultural knowledge and attitudes about malaria. Nakazawa et al (1998) combined the use of medical and entomological studies of malaria with detailed observations of human behaviors relevant to malaria transmission, and with simulations of a mathematical model to test the effectiveness of potential control mechanisms. Brown (1981) focused on the interactions between malaria and human activities in Sardinia.…”

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Tropical environments, human activities, and the transmission of infectious diseases

Sattenspiel¹

2000

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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Throughout recent history, the tropical regions of the world have been affected more severely by infectious diseases than the temperate world. Much of the success of infectious diseases in that region is due to both biological and environmental factors that encourage high levels of biodiversity in hosts, vectors, and pathogens, and social factors that compromise efforts to control diseases. Several of these factors are described. Discussion then shifts to specific types of host-pathogen relationships. The most important of these in the tropics is the relationship between humans, a pathogen, and a vector that carries the pathogen from one human to another. Mosquitoes are the vector responsible for the transmission of many vector-borne human diseases. Characteristics of mosquito-human interactions are described, including cultural behaviors humans have developed that both increase the chances of transmission and help to limit that transmission. The transmission of water-borne diseases, fecal-oral transmission, zoonotic diseases, respiratory illnesses, and sexually transmitted diseases are also discussed. Attention is paid to how diseases with these modes of transmission differ in characteristics and importance in tropical human populations compared to those in temperate regions. Following this general discussion, three case studies are presented in some detail. The diseases chosen for the case studies include cholera, lymphatic filariasis, and dracunculiasis (guinea worm). These three case studies taken together provide examples of the diversity of human host-pathogen interactions as well as ways that human activities have both promoted their spread and helped to control them. The transmission of all three diseases is related to the nature and quality of water sources. The transmission of cholera, a water-borne disease, is related to sanitation practices, physical characteristics of the environment such as temperature and humidity, and modern shipping practices. Lymphatic filariasis, a mosquito-borne disease, has increased in frequency in parts of Africa in recent decades as a consequence of large-scale agricultural development projects that have shifted the nature and quantity of water sources and potential mosquito breeding sites. Dracunculiasis is transmitted by a small crustacean that contaminates sources of drinking water. Because its transmission can be prevented by a simple change in human behavior, filtering all water with a small piece of cloth before using it, dracunculiasis has been the focus of a major eradication effort that is near success.

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“…5) cited wearing long trousers and long-sleeved shirts in the evenings. While this would minimize the chances of mosquito bites to the arms and legs, and is effective in reducing the irritation of mosquito bites, the efficacy of clothing worn in the evenings as a method of significantly reducing the risk of contracting malaria remains uncertain (Nakazawa et al 1998;Del Prete et al 2019). Long clothing worn throughout the day and night (Baker, 2018), and impregnated with insecticides (Shellvarajah et al 2017), shows more promise, but this is not the approach indicated by the respondents.…”

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