Spatial Risk Prediction and Mapping of Schistosoma Mansoni in Finchaa Sugar Estate farm, East Wollega Zone , Ethiopia
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2013-06-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Schistosomiasis is one of the world health organizations (WHO), great neglected disease. It is the
second most prevalent tropical disease with 200 million people infected and 500 million at risk. The
disease spread by cercaria infested water using fresh water snail as intermediate host .Intestinal
schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni infection is a widely distributed disease in several
localities of Ethiopia. Now there are about 4 million people reported to be infected and 30 million at
risk of schistosomiasis in the country. The major risk factors for increase prevalence of the parasite
are population movement and water development schemes.
The aims of this research is the assessment of schistosomiasis mansoni risk areas in relation with
environmental factors and tries to analyze Schistosomiasis mansoni incidence with some of the
natural and socio-economic factors using Remote sensing and GIS techniques using risk model
developed by shook.
It is indicated that 4020.5 ha
high, 4462.5 ha
moderate and 17 ha Low level of schistosomiasis
mansoni vulnerability, hence 47.3 percent, 52.5 percent and 2 percent of the study area respectively
are subject to high moderate and low level of schistosomiasis mansoni susceptibility.
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Schistosomiasis Mansoni, Remote Sensing and Gis