Topic: Xenomonitoring of <i>Schistosoma</i> intermediate hosts for evaluating community-wide mass drug administration in Ghana: preliminary findings and lessons
This first Ghanaian study demonstrates the potential of snail xenomonitoring to detect temporal changes in transmission following community-wide MDA. While findings support its value as a complementary monitoring tool, methodological refinements and parallel human-snail surveys are needed before program adoption.
Authors
- Freda Kwarteng Boampong
- Alex Yaw Debrah
- Mike Y. Osei‐Atweneboana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8541-5015)
- Marta Chanová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2191-842X)
- Samuel Armoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8639-974X)
- Irène Ayi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3054-9494)
- Yvonne Aryeetey Ashong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3305-223X)
- Frank Twum Aboagye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3881-9789)
- Enoch Mensah Boateng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0132-6961)
- Linda Batsa Debrah
- Bonnie Lee Webster
Institutions
- Natural History Museum (GB)
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZ)
- Charles University (CZ)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (GH)
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (GH)
- General University Hospital in Prague (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Published
- 2025-12-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf141
- Primary Topic
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00