Modelling climate change impact on the spatial distribution of fresh water snails hosting trematodes in Zimbabwe
| العنوان: | Modelling climate change impact on the spatial distribution of fresh water snails hosting trematodes in Zimbabwe |
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| المؤلفون: | Samson Mukaratirwa, White Soko, Thomas K. Kristensen, Ulrik B. Pedersen, Nicholas Midzi, Birgitte J. Vennervald, Anna-Sofie Stensgaard, Martin Stendel, Takafira Mduluza |
| المصدر: | Pedersen, U B, Stendel, M, Midzi, N, Mduluza, T, Soko, W, Stensgaard, A-S, Vennervald, B J, Mukaratirwa, S & Kristensen, T K 2014, ' Modelling climate change impact on the spatial distribution of fresh water snails hosting trematodes in Zimbabwe ', Parasites & Vectors, vol. 7, 536 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0536-0 Parasites & Vectors |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2014. |
| سنة النشر: | 2014 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Zimbabwe, Fascioliasis, Entomology, Climate Change, Snails, Climate change, Snail, Bulinus globosus, Models, Biological, Host-Parasite Interactions, Biomphalaria pfeifferi, Zoonoses, biology.animal, parasitic diseases, Species distribution modelling, Animals, Schistosomiasis, Ecosystem, biology, Ecology, Research, fungi, Intermediate host, biology.organism_classification, Environmental niche modelling, Infectious Diseases, Habitat, Parasitology, Trematoda, Animal Distribution, Regional climate models |
| الوصف: | Background Freshwater snails are intermediate hosts for a number of trematodes of which some are of medical and veterinary importance. The trematodes rely on specific species of snails to complete their life cycle; hence the ecology of the snails is a key element in transmission of the parasites. More than 200 million people are infected with schistosomes of which 95% live in sub-Saharan Africa and many more are living in areas where transmission is on-going. Human infection with the Fasciola parasite, usually considered more of veterinary concern, has recently been recognised as a human health problem. Many countries have implemented health programmes to reduce morbidity and prevalence of schistosomiasis, and control programmes to mitigate food-borne fascioliasis. As these programmes are resource demanding, baseline information on disease prevalence and distribution becomes of great importance. Such information can be made available and put into practice through maps depicting spatial distribution of the intermediate snail hosts. Methods A biology driven model for the freshwater snails Bulinus globosus, Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Lymnaea natalensis was used to make predictions of snail habitat suitability by including potential underlying environmental and climatic drivers. The snail observation data originated from a nationwide survey in Zimbabwe and the prediction model was parameterised with a high resolution Regional Climate Model. Georeferenced prevalence data on urinary and intestinal schistosomiasis and fascioliasis was used to calibrate the snail habitat suitability predictions to produce binary maps of snail presence and absence. Results Predicted snail habitat suitability across Zimbabwe, as well as the spatial distribution of snails, is reported for three time slices representative for present (1980-1999) and future climate (2046-2065 and 2080-2099). Conclusions It is shown from the current study that snail habitat suitability is highly variable in Zimbabwe, with distinct high- and low- suitability areas and that temperature may be the main driving factor. It is concluded that future climate change in Zimbabwe may cause a reduced spatial distribution of suitable habitat of host snails with a probable exception of Bi. pfeifferi, the intermediate host for intestinal schistosomiasis that may increase around 2055 before declining towards 2100. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13071-014-0536-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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