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Land use impacts on parasitic infection: a cross-sectional epidemiological study on the role of irrigated agriculture in schistosome infection in a dammed landscape
| العنوان: | Land use impacts on parasitic infection: a cross-sectional epidemiological study on the role of irrigated agriculture in schistosome infection in a dammed landscape |
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| المؤلفون: | Andrea J. Lund, David H. Rehkopf, Susanne H. Sokolow, M. Moustapha Sam, Nicolas Jouanard, Anne-Marie Schacht, Simon Senghor, Assane Fall, Gilles Riveau, Giulio A. De Leo, David Lopez-Carr |
| المصدر: | Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | BMC, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Agriculture, Exposure, Livelihoods, Planetary health, Senegal, Schistosomiasis, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| الوصف: | Abstract Background Water resources development promotes agricultural expansion and food security. But are these benefits offset by increased infectious disease risk? Dam construction on the Senegal River in 1986 was followed by agricultural expansion and increased transmission of human schistosomes. Yet the mechanisms linking these two processes at the individual and household levels remain unclear. We investigated the association between household land use and schistosome infection in children. Methods We analyzed cross-sectional household survey data (n = 655) collected in 16 rural villages in August 2016 across demographic, socio-economic and land use dimensions, which were matched to Schistosoma haematobium (n = 1232) and S. mansoni (n = 1222) infection data collected from school-aged children. Mixed effects regression determined the relationship between irrigated area and schistosome infection presence and intensity. Results Controlling for socio-economic and demographic risk factors, irrigated area cultivated by a household was associated with an increase in the presence of S. haematobium infection (odds ratio [OR] = 1.14; 95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 1.03–1.28) but not S. mansoni infection (OR = 1.02; 95% CI: 0.93–1.11). Associations between infection intensity and irrigated area were positive but imprecise (S. haematobium: rate ratio [RR] = 1.05; 95% CI: 0.98–1.13, S. mansoni : RR = 1.09; 95% CI: 0.89–1.32). Conclusions Household engagement in irrigated agriculture increases individual risk of S. haematobium but not S. mansoni infection. Increased contact with irrigated landscapes likely drives exposure, with greater impacts on households relying on agricultural livelihoods. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2049-9957 |
| العلاقة: | https://doaj.org/toc/2049-9957Test |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s40249-021-00816-5 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/5d850368f1a5416da9ace62ce4d484ecTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.5d850368f1a5416da9ace62ce4d484ec |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20499957 |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/s40249-021-00816-5 |