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: | Giulio A. De Leo, Susanne H. Sokolow, Assane Fall, David López-Carr, Nicolas Jouanard, Simon Senghor, Anne-Marie Schacht, David H. Rehkopf, Gilles Riveau, Andrea J. Lund, M. Moustapha Sam |
المصدر: | Infectious diseases of poverty, vol 10, iss 1 Infectious Diseases of Poverty Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021) |
بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021. |
سنة النشر: | 2021 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Rural Population, Male, 0301 basic medicine, Agricultural Irrigation, Water contact, Rate ratio, law.invention, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Planetary health, law, Epidemiology, Schistosomiasis, Child, Livelihoods, Pediatric, Schistosoma haematobium, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, Agriculture, General Medicine, Senegal, Infectious Diseases, Transmission (mechanics), Medical Microbiology, Public Health and Health Services, Schistosoma, Female, Water Microbiology, Infection, Research Article, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Clinical Sciences, 030231 tropical medicine, Biology, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, Exposure, 03 medical and health sciences, Environmental health, parasitic diseases, Parasitic Diseases, medicine, Animals, Humans, lcsh:RC109-216, business.industry, Public health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, lcsh:RA1-1270, Odds ratio, biology.organism_classification, Vector-Borne Diseases, Water resources, Cross-Sectional Studies, Good Health and Well Being, 030104 developmental biology, Digestive Diseases, business |
الوصف: | 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. |
وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
تدمد: | 2049-9957 |
URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::0a942a0a370f596739a8474971c654b4 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-021-00816-5 |
حقوق: | OPEN |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....0a942a0a370f596739a8474971c654b4 |
قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
تدمد: | 20499957 |
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