High prevalence of schistosomiasis in Mbita and its adjacent islands of Lake Victoria, western Kenya

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Odiere, Maurice R ^a   Rawago, Fredrick O ^a   Ombok, Maurice ^a   Secor, William Evan ^b   Karanja, Diana M S ^a   Mwinzi, Pauline N M ^a   Lammie, Patrick J ^b   Won, Kimberly ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographical distribution; Island; Schistosomiasis; Soil transmitted helminths; Western Kenya

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

ADOLESCENT; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TRICHURIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 84870293579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-278     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Influence of exposure history on the immunology and development of resistance to human Schistosomiasis mansoni. Black CL, Mwinzi PN, Muok EM, Abudho B, Fitzsimmons CM, Dunne DW, Karanja DM, Secor WE, Colley DG, PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2010 4 3 637 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000637 20351784
2. Geographic distribution of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in western Kenya: implications for antihelminthic mass treatment. Handzel T, Karanja DMS, Addiss DG, Hightower AW, Rosen DH, Colley DG, Andove J, Slutsker L, Secor WE, Am J Trop Med Hyg 2003 69 318 323 14628951
3. Schistosomiasis: challenges for control, treatment and drug resistance. Fenwick A, Webster JP, Curr Opin Infect Dis 2006 19 577 582 10.1097/01.qco. 0000247591.13671.6a 17075334 (Pubitemid 44665464)
4. Progress in the prevention and control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Savioli L, Albonico M, Engels D, Montresor A, Parasitol Int 2004 53 103 113 10.1016/j.parint.2004.01.001 15257562 (Pubitemid 38479885)
5. Helminth infections: the great neglected tropical diseases. Hotez PJ, Brindley PJ, Bethony JM, King CH, Pearce EJ, Jacobson J, J Clin Invest 2008 118 1311 1321 10.1172/JCI34261 18382743 (Pubitemid 351500423)
6. MOH, Kenyan Ministry of Health. Division of Child Health 2008 http://www.health.go.ke
7. Epidemiology and control of intestinal schistosomiasis on the Sesse Islands, Uganda: integrating malacology and parasitology to tailor local treatment recommendations. Standley CJ, Adriko M, Arinaitwe M, Atuhaire A, Kazibwe F, Fenwick A, Kabatereine NB, Stothard JR, Parasit Vectors 2010 3 1 64 10.1186/1756-3305-3-64 20663223
8. Genetic structure of Schstosoma mansoni in western Kenya: the effects of geography and host sharing. Steinauer ML, Hanelt B, Agola LE, Mkoji GM, Loker ES, Int J Parasitol 2009 39 12 1353 1362 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.04.010 19464296
9. Molecular epidemiology of Schistosoma mansoni in Uganda: DNA barcoding reveals substantive genetic diversity within Lake Albert and Lake Victoria populations. Stothard JR, Webster BL, Weber T, Nyakaana S, Webster JP, Kazibwe F, Kabatereine NB, Rollinson D, Parasitology 2009 136 13 1813 1824 10.1017/S003118200999031X 19627628
10. GAHI, Global Atlas of Helminth Infections 2010 Available: http://www.thiswormyworld.org. Accessed 20 August 2012
11. GOK, Kenya Ministry of Planning and National Development Census Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Nairobi 2010
12. Coudouel, Poverty Measurement and Analysis, in the PRSP Sourcebook Washington D.C: World Bank 2002 Accessed: 20 August. 2012
13. A geographic information system applied to a malaria field study in western Kenya. Hightower AW, Ombok M, Otieno R, Odhiambo R, Oloo AJ, Lal AA, Nahlen BL, Hawley WA, Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 58 266 272 9546401 (Pubitemid 28160743)
14. WHO, Prevention and control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: Report of a WHO expert committee. WHO Technical Report Series No. 912 In. Geneva: World Health Organization 2002 1 57
15. WHO, Bench Aids for the Diagnosis of Intestinal Parasites In. Geneva: World Health Organization 1994
16. Co-infections with Plasmodium falciparum, Schistosoma mansoni and intestinal helminths among schoolchildren in endemic areas of northwestern Tanzania. Mazigo HD, Waihenya R, Lwambo NJS, Mnyone LL, Mahande AM, Seni J, Zinga M, Kapesa A, Kweka EJ, Mshana SE, et al. Parasit Vectors 2010 3 44 10.1186/1756-3305-3-44 20482866
17. Evaluation of Urine CCA Assays for Detection of Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Western Kenya. Shane HL, Verani JR, Abudho B, Montgomery SP, Blackstock AJ, Mwinzi PNM, Butler SE, Karanja DMS, Secor WE, PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2011 5 1 951 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000951 21283613
18. Micro-geographical variation in exposure to Schistosoma mansoni and malaria and exacerbation of splenomegaly in Kenyan school-aged children. Booth M, Vennervald BJ, Kenty L, Butterworth AE, Kariuki HC, Kadzo H, Ireri E, Amaganga C, Kimani G, Mwatha JK, et al. BMC Infect Dis 2004 4 13 10.1186/1471-2334-4-13 15147584 (Pubitemid 39637312)
19. Geographical distribution of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths among school children in informal settlements in Kisumu city, western Kenya. Odiere MR, Opisa S, Odhiambo G, Jura WGZO, Ayisi JM, Karanja DMS, Mwinzi PN, Parasitology 2011 138 12 1569 1577 10.1017/S003118201100059X 21679486
20. Parasitic infections in Pemba Island school children. Albonico M, Chwaya HM, Montresor A, Stolfzfus RJ, Tielsch JM, Alawi KS, Savioli L, East Afr Med J 1997 74 294 298 9337006
21. The influence of sampling effort and the performance of the Kato-Katz technique in diagnosing Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm co-infections in rural Cote d'Ivoire. Booth M, Vounatsou P, N'Goran EK, Tanner M, Utzinger J, Parasitology 2003 127 525 531 10.1017/S0031182003004128 14700188 (Pubitemid 38091103)
22. Comparison of different chemotherapy strategies against Schistosoma mansoni in Machako's District, Kenya. Effects on human infections and morbidity. Butterworth AE, Sturrock RF, Ouma JH, Mbugua GG, Fulford AJC, Kariuki HC, Koech D, Parasitology 1991 103 339 355 10.1017/S0031182000059850 1780171
23. Puberty and age-related changes in susceptibility to schistosome infection. Fulford AJC, Webster M, Ouma JH, Kimani G, Dunne DW, Parasitol Today 1998 14 23 26 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01168-X 17040685 (Pubitemid 28108824)
24. Epidemiology of single and multiple species of helminth infections among school children in Busia District, Kenya. Brooker S, Miguel EA, Moulin S, Luoba AI, Bundy DAP, Kremer M, East Afr Med J 2000 77 157 161 12858892
25. The role of residential location in apparent helminth and malaria infection. Booth M, Trends Parasitol 2006 22 359 362 10.1016/j.pt.2006.06.007 16797235 (Pubitemid 44108761)
26. Comparative prevalences of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm infections and the prospects for control. Booth M, Bundy DAP, Parasitology 1992 105 151 157 10.1017/S0031182000073807 1437273
27. Hookworm, Ascaris lumbricoides infections and polyparasitism associated with poor cognitive performance in Brazilian schoolchildren. Jardim-Botelho A, Raff S, de Avilla Rodrigues R, Hoffman HJ, Diemert DJ, Correa-Oliveira R, Bethony JM, Gazzinelli MF, Trop Med Int Health 2008 13 8 994 1004 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02103.x 18627581
28. WHO, Preventive Chemotherapy in Human Helminthiasis: coordinated use of anthelminthic drugs in control interventions: A manual for health professionals and programme managers Geneva: World Health Organization 2006