title: Cercariometry for detection of transmission sites for schistosomiasis.
abstract: Cercariometry provided information on diurnal fluctuation, seasonal and spatial distribution of cercariae in the suitable natural water bodies. There was an apparent mismatch between the results of cercariometry and snail sampling. Water, which cercariometry showed to contain cercariae was potentially infective, although the resultant worm load of sentinel rodents may not bear a linear relationship with cercarial density. Cercariometry has some weakness in practices and analysis of data, however, it provides the valuable information on the active transmission sites of schistosomiasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan. aoki@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Katsuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Muhoho
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Eisaku
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000053:Acari / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D010571:Pest Control / Q000379:methods*; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D012621:Seasons; D014867:Water / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D014867:Water