Applied and basic research on the epidemiology, morbidity, and immunology of schistosomiasis in fishing communities on Lake Albert, Uganda
Applied and basic research on the epidemiology, morbidity, and immunology of schistosomiasis in fishing communities on Lake Albert, Uganda
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DOI：
10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.03.016
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发表时间：
2006-03-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Kabatereine, NB
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作者：
Dunne, DW;Vennervald, BJ;Kabatereine, NB
我们报告了自1996年以来在乌干达艾伯特湖的Piida、Booma、Bugoigo和Watakuba渔业社区进行的关于血吸虫病的多学科研究。血吸虫病是该地区的主要健康问题，感染强度和流行率都很高。除了产生关于人类血吸虫病的流行病学、发病率和免疫学的基本数据外，这一研究方案还提供重要的描述性和方法学信息，并有助于近年来提高乌干达境内的业务能力。需要这种信息和业务能力来促进急需的血吸虫病控制方案，如2003年在乌干达发起的血吸虫病控制倡议。(c)2005年皇家热带医学和卫生学会。由爱思唯尔有限公司出版。保留所有权利。
We report multidisciplinary studies on schistosomiasis which have been ongoing in the fishing communities of Piida, Booma, Bugoigo, and Watakuba, on Lake Albert, Uganda, since 1996. Schistosomiasis is the major health problem in this area, with high infection intensities and prevalence. In addition to generating basic data on the epidemiology, morbidity and immunology of human schistosomiasis, this research programme is providing important descriptive and methodological information, and has contributed to the increase in operational capacity within Uganda in recent years. Such information and operational capacity are needed to facilitate much needed schistosomiasis control programmes, such as the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative that was launched in Uganda in 2003. (c) 2005 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.