title: [Parasitological profile of two forms of schistosomiasis (urinary and intestinal forms) at ten sites in Burkina Faso (Sub-Saharan Africa country)].
abstract: In spite of great progress in schistosomiasis control during the last decade in Burkina Faso, this disease remains a public health concern in the country. Indeed, our study consisted of the analysis of parasitological data related to Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni and in malacological investigations. The prevalence rate of Schistosoma haematobium varies from 3.3% to 50.4% and from 3.3% to 39.1% for Schistosoma mansoni, but only in the western part of Burkina Faso. Schoolboys are more infested than girls, but the phenomenon is reversed in adults. Biomphalaria pfeifferi, Bulinus truncatus, Bulinus senegalensis and Bulinus globosus were collected during this study. Thus, the behavioral factors as well as the dynamics and the distribution of the intermediate mollusks play a major role in the persistence of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Institut de recherche en sciences de la santé, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso. dramanezongo@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Dramane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zongo
authors.forename: B Gustave
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Kabre
authors.forename: Dianou
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dayeri
authors.forename: Boubacar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Savadogo
authors.forename: Jean-Noël
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Poda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000469:parasitology; D002033:Bulinus / Q000469:parasitology; D002050:Burkina Faso / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012548:Schistosoma haematobium; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni; D012553:Schistosomiasis haematobia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013048:Specimen Handling
keywords: Burkina Faso; Comparative study; Facteurs de transmission; Mollusk as intermediate host; Mollusque hôte intermédiaire; Schistosomiase; Schistosomiasis; Transmission; Étude comparative