Schistosomiasis in non-endemic areas in relation to migration
- 1 January 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 61 (2) , 217-220
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(67)90159-9
Abstract
The results of 1 stool and urine examination of children living in non-endemic schistosomiasis areas are contrasted with those from neighboring areas of high endemicity. In spite of visiting the endemic areas quite frequently the children born in non-endemic areas had low infection rates. It is concluded that temporary migration to endemic areas, where transmission is seasonal, is not an important factor in causing high infection rates in non-endemic areas, or in maintaining high infection rates in controlled endemic areas.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- SOME FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON SCHISTOSOME TRANSMISSION IN EASTERN TRANSVAAL1965
- Results of exposing mice to Schistosomiasis by immersion in natural waterTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1962