Influence of human–surface water interactions on the transmission of urinary schistosomiasis in the Lower Densu River basin, Ghana
Joshua Ntajal, Mariele Evers, Thomas Kistemann, Timo Falkenberg
Abstract
• Male children have higher exposure to urinary schistosomiasis than females. • Children of 13 years and above have higher odds of urinay schistosomiasis. • Recreational, domestic and occupational water-contacts have higher odds ratios. • More frequent and longer water-contacts contributed to high odds of blood in urine.
Topics & Concepts
SchistosomiasisOddsOdds ratioUrineUrinary systemMedicineEnvironmental healthSurface waterHelminthiasisDemographyImmunologyHelminthsInternal medicineEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental engineeringSociologyLogistic regressionParasites and Host InteractionsChild Nutrition and Water Access