Schistosomiasis in Omo National Park of Southwest Ethiopia
| Autor: | Aklilu Lemma, George K. Fuller, Trinidad Haile |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
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Veterinary medicine Adolescent Biomphalaria Schistosomiasis Papio anubis Cercopithecus aethiops Feces Biomphalaria pfeifferi Virology parasitic diseases medicine Animals Humans Helminths Child biology National park fungi Haplorhini Schistosoma mansoni biology.organism_classification medicine.disease humanities Infectious Diseases Child Preschool Camping Parasitology Ethiopia |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 28:526-530 |
| ISSN: | 1476-1645 0002-9637 |
| DOI: | 10.4269/ajtmh.1979.28.526 |
| Popis: | Schistosomiasis mansoni infection was found in more than 50 tourists who had visited Omo National Park, Ethiopia, and bathed and swum in the Mui River. A survey revealed Schistosoma mansoni infection in 41% of Park residents and in 33% of the neighboring Suri people. Eggs were found in stools and adult worms at autopsy of wild Papio anubis and Cercopithecus aethiops. Trematode larvae were found in 27% of Biomphalaria pfeifferi snails found in the Mui River. The source of the disease and the implications of its spread with the future development of the Omo Valley are discussed. |
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