Open-source environmental data as an alternative to snail surveys to assess schistosomiasis risk in areas approaching elimination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the presence of intermediate snails is a necessary condition for local schistosomiasis transmission to occur, using them as surveillance targets in areas approaching elimination is challenging because the patchy and dynamic quality of snail host habitats makes collecting and testing snails labor-intensive. Meanwhile, geospatial analyses that rely on remotely sensed data are becoming popular tools for identifying environmental conditions that contribute to pathogen emergence and persistence.

Methods

In this study, we assessed whether open-source environmental data can be used to predict the presence of human Schistosoma japonicum infections among households with a similar or improved degree of accuracy compared to prediction models developed using data fro

SUBMITTER: Grover EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10236814 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature