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Cercariometry for detection of transmission sites for schistosomiasis |
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| Authors: | Aoki Yoshiki Sato Katsuyuki Muhoho N D Noda Shin-ichi Kimura Eisaku |
| Affiliation: | a Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan b Minamata Public Health Center, Kumamoto Prefecture, Minamata, Japan c Center for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya d Research Center for the Pacific Island, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan e Department of Parasitology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan |
| Abstract: | Cercariometry provided information on diurnal fluctuation, seasonal and spatial distribution of cercariae in the suitable natural water bodies. There was an apparent mismatch between the results of cercariometry and snail sampling. Water, which cercariometry showed to contain cercariae was potentially infective, although the resultant worm load of sentinel rodents may not bear a linear relationship with cercarial density. Cercariometry has some weakness in practices and analysis of data, however, it provides the valuable information on the active transmission sites of schistosomiasis. |
| Keywords: | Cercariometry Schistosomiasis Cercarial density Cercarial distribution |
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