Land use impacts on parasitic infection: a cross-sectional epidemiological study on the role of irrigated agriculture in schistosome infection in a dammed landscape

Land use impacts on parasitic infection: a cross-sectional epidemiological study on the role of irrigated agriculture in schistosome infection in a dammed landscape

Abstract Background Water resources development promotes agricultural expansion and food security. But are these benefits offset by increased infectious disease risk? Dam construction on the Senegal River in 1986 was followed by agricultural expansion and increased transmission of human schistosomes...

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Main Authors: Andrea J. Lund, David H. Rehkopf, Susanne H. Sokolow, M. Moustapha Sam, Nicolas Jouanard, Anne-Marie Schacht, Simon Senghor, Assane Fall, Gilles Riveau, Giulio A. De Leo, David Lopez-Carr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Agriculture
Exposure
Livelihoods
Planetary health
Senegal
Schistosomiasis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-021-00816-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-021-00816-5

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