Growing population and ecosystem change increase human schistosomiasis around Lake Malaŵi

Bert Van Bocxlaer; Christian Albrecht; Jay R. Stauffer

doi:10.1016/j.pt.2014.02.006

Growing population and ecosystem change increase human schistosomiasis around Lake Malaŵi

Bert Van Bocxlaer
, Christian Albrecht
, Jay R. Stauffer

Ecosystem Science and Management

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Abstract

Multiple anthropogenic environmental stressors with reinforcing effects to the deterioration of ecosystem stability can obscure links between ecosystem change and the prevalence of infectious diseases. Incomplete understanding may lead to ineffective public health and disease control strategies, as appears to be the case with increased urogenital schistosomiasis in humans around Lake Malaŵi over recent decades. Sedimentation and eutrophication help explain historical changes in intermediate host range and parasite transmission. Hence, control strategies should account for abiotic changes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	217-220
Number of pages	4
Journal	Trends in Parasitology
Volume	30
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2014.02.006
State	Published - May 2014

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Infectious Diseases

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Growing population and ecosystem change increase human schistosomiasis around Lake Malaŵi

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