Effects of land-use and environmental factors on snail distribution and trematode infection in Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationJimma Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationAddis Ababa Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationAdama Science and Technology Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen
cg.contributor.affiliationAbdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physicsen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorUK Research and Innovationen
cg.contributor.donorBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierSiobhan Mor: 0000-0003-0121-2016en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8030154en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2414-6366en
cg.issue3en
cg.journalTropical Medicine and Infectious Diseaseen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriAGRI-HEALTHen
cg.subject.ilriHUMAN HEALTHen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
cg.volume8en
dc.contributor.authorMereta, S.T.en
dc.contributor.authorAbaya, S.W.en
dc.contributor.authorTulu, F.D.en
dc.contributor.authorTakele, K.en
dc.contributor.authorAhmednur, M.en
dc.contributor.authorMelka, G.A.en
dc.contributor.authorNanyingi, M.en
dc.contributor.authorVineer, H.R.en
dc.contributor.authorGraham-Brown, J.en
dc.contributor.authorCaminade, C.en
dc.contributor.authorMor, Siobhan M.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-07T14:09:24Zen
dc.date.available2023-03-07T14:09:24Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/129221
dc.titleEffects of land-use and environmental factors on snail distribution and trematode infection in Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractFreshwater snails are intermediate hosts for several snail-borne diseases affecting humans and animals. Understanding the distribution of snail intermediate hosts and their infection status is very important to plan and implement effective disease prevention and control interventions. In this study, we determined the abundance, distribution, and trematode infection status of freshwater snails in two agro-ecological zones of Ethiopia. We sampled snails from 13 observation sites and examined them for trematode infections using a natural cercarial shedding method. A redundancy analysis (RDA) was used to examine the relationship between snail abundance and environmental variables. Overall, a total of 615 snails belonging to three species were identified. Lymnea natalensis and Bulinus globosus were the dominant snail species, representing 41% and 40% of the total collection, respectively. About one-third of the total snail population (33%) shed cercariae. The cercariae species recorded were Xiphidiocercaria, Brevifurcate apharyngeate distome (BAD), Echinostome, and Fasciola. Snail species were found in high abundance in aquatic habitats located in the agricultural landscape. Therefore, land-use planning and protection of aquatic habitats from uncontrolled human activities and pollution can be considered as important strategies to prevent and control the spread of snail-borne diseases in the region.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2023-03-01en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMereta, S.T., Abaya, S.W., Tulu, F.D., Takele, K., Ahmednur, M., Melka, G.A., Nanyingi, M., Vineer, H.R., Graham-Brown, J., Caminade, C. and Mor, S.M. 2023. Effects of land-use and environmental factors on snail distribution and trematode infection in Ethiopia. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 8(3): 154.en
dcterms.extent154en
dcterms.issued2023-03-01en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherMDPIen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjectagroecologyen
dcterms.subjectsnailsen
dcterms.subjectland useen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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