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18817602

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-9-26
pubmed:abstractText
A well documented epidemic of human intestinal schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni occurred at Maun in the seasonal part of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, building from very few cases in the 1950s and early 1960s to a peak prevalence of >80% in the 1980s. A retrospective analysis was performed on all available records of the prevalence of S. mansoni in the Maun area and the corresponding flow records of the Thamalakane River. These revealed a statistically significant correlation between prevalence and flow, but only when a lag period was introduced. The correlation was greatest with a lag period of 5-6 years between the rise and fall of discharge and the rise and fall of transmission. Since the hydrological events in the delta follow a cyclical pattern, another epidemic around 2020 appears likely.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0003-4983
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
611-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-5-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidemic transmission of intestinal schistosomiasis in the seasonal part of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa. appletonc@ukzn.ac.za
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article