位于尼日尔河以南的定居点的尿道istosomiasis的地理空间绘图和季节性概况:尼日利亚三角洲州的数据驱动人口基础研究
Edore Edwin Ito1,2, Ayodele Samuel Babalola3, Joshua Babalola Balogun4
1Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. eeito@delsu.edu.ng.
Acta parasitologica
|August 20, 2024
概括
石病 (UgS) 是阿塞-尼日尔河流域的主要公共卫生问题,患病率和强度很高. 针对性大规模药物管理 (MDA) 对这些特有社区的控制至关重要.
科学领域:
- 热带医学 热带医学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 寄生虫学的寄生虫学
背景情况:
- 脊髓灰质炎 (UgS) 在流行地区构成了重大公共卫生挑战.
- 了解UGS的地理空间和季节性分布对于有效的控制策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定阿塞拜疆-尼日尔河流域不同地理位置,季节,年龄组和性别的UgS的流行率和强度.
- 创建疾病地图,以指导有针对性的大规模药物管理 (MDA).
主要方法:
- 一项长期24个月的研究,涉及对7219个尿样进行寄生虫学调查.
- 利用GPS数据和QGIS软件来绘制石病的地图.
- 采用Swinnex尿液过技术进行样本分析.
主要成果:
- 总体UGS患病率为48.10%,超过了全国平均水平.
- 患病率在地理上有所不同,阿塞 (52.29%) 的患病率最高,伊夫罗博戈 (34.27%) 的患病率最低.
- 观察到显著的季节性变化,干旱季节的流行率和强度更高. 在11-20岁的年龄组,患病率一直很高.
结论:
- 乌格斯是亚塞-尼日尔河流域的一个重大公共卫生问题,需要紧急干预.
- 地理空间绘图和传输动态的理解对于有效的控制至关重要.
- 建议对受影响社区进行大规模药物管理 (MDA),以减少疾病负担.
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