Land use impacts on parasitic infection: a cross-sectional epidemiological study on the role of irrigated agriculture in schistosome infection in a dammed landscape

• Main Authors: Andrea J. Lund (Author), David H. Rehkopf (Author), Susanne H. Sokolow (Author), M. Moustapha Sam (Author), Nicolas Jouanard (Author), Anne-Marie Schacht (Author), Simon Senghor (Author), Assane Fall (Author), Gilles Riveau (Author), Giulio A. De Leo (Author), David Lopez-Carr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Water resources development promotes agricultural expansion and food security. But are these benefits offset by increased infectious disease risk? Dam construction on the Senegal River in 1986 was followed by agricultural expansion and increased transmission of human schistosomes...