title: Prevention and control of fish-borne zoonotic trematodes in fish nurseries, Vietnam.
abstract: Worldwide, >18 million persons were infected with fish-borne zoonotic trematodes in 2002. To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for reducing prevalence and intensity of fish-borne zoonotic trematode infections in juvenile fish, we compared transmission rates at nurseries in the Red River Delta, northern Vietnam. Rates were significantly lower for nurseries that reduced snail populations and trematode egg contamination in ponds than for nurseries that did not. These interventions can be used in the development of programs for sustained control of zoonotic trematodes in farmed fish.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegaardsvej 15, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. jehc@life.ku.dk
authors.forename: Jesper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hedegaard Clausen
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: K Darwin
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Murrell
authors.forename: Phan Thi
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Van
authors.forename: Ha Nguyen Thi
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Thu
authors.forename: Dung Trung
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Do
authors.forename: Lan Anh
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Nguyen Thi
authors.forename: Hung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nguyen Manh
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dalsgaard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D011156:Population Density; D015995:Prevalence; D012908:Snails / Q000254:growth & development / Q000469:parasitology; D014200:Trematoda / Q000254:growth & development; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*