CHAART Sensor Evaluation: Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis Characteristics

Infectious agent: Schistosoma spp. (blood flukes)

Transmission: Human contact in water with Schistosoma larvae, which develop in snails; snail populations affected by water impoundments associated with dams, reservoirs, canals, agricultural activities

Reservoir: Humans, domestic animals, rodents

Occurrence

Schistosomiasis Distribution
Global mean AVHRR-derived NDVI image for 1987

Sources

Benenson, A. (ed). 1995. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. 16th Ed., American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1999. Health Information for International Travel 1999-2000. DHHS, Atlanta, GA.

Isselbacher, K.J., J.B Martin, E. Braunwald, A.S. Fauci, J.D. Wilson, D.L. Kasper (eds). 1994. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 13th Ed. McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Tierney, L.M., Jr., S.J. McPhee, M.A. Papadakis (eds). 1996. Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment. 35th Ed. Appleton and Lange, Stamford, CT.

World Health Organization. 1997. Progress Report 1996. Division of Control of Tropical Diseases (CTD). Geneva, Switzerland.

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Last updated: 23 Nov 1999