Roel Slootweg - PhD Thesis (1994)                     

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Schistosomiasis Control in Northern Cameroon.

With special reference to the role of fish in snail control.

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CONTENTS

Table of contents

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Preface            

 1         Introduction    

Preface & Chap 1

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Part I: General background

 

2         Objectives and results of the Lagdo Fishculture Project

           2.1        Partial restoration of floodplain functions at local level: the experience of Gounougou, Benue Valley, Cameroon

Chapter 2

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Part II: Descriptive research

 

 3         Biology of snail intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis

            3.1        A longitudinal study of snail intermediate hosts of trematode parasites in the Benue valley of North Cameroon

            3.2       Further observations on the distribution of Bulinus senegalensis Müller in Cameroon

Chapter 3

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4         Transmission risk through water contact

           4.1        Water contact studies for the assessment of schistosomiasis infec­tions risks in an irrigation scheme in Cameroon

Chapter 4

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5         Epidemiology of schistosomiasis

           5.1        Population structure and schistosomiasis infection in villages on the right bank of the Benue river  

Chapter 5

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Part III: Experimental control

 

6         Snail control by fish

           6.1        Prey selection by molluscivirous cichlids foraging on snail intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis

           6.2         Proposed introduction of Astatoreochromis alluaudi, an East African mollusc crushing cichlid, as a means of snail control

           6.3        The effects of mollusci­vorous fish, water quality and pond management on the development of snail intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis in aquaculture ponds in North Cameroon

            6.4       The biological control of snail intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis by fish

Chapter 6

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 7         Water and habitat management as a means of snail control.

            7.1       Reducing schistosomiasis infection risks through improved drainage

Chapter 7

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8         Primary health care and schistosomiasis control

           8.1        The role of existing health care facilities in controlling vesical schistosomiasis in rural Northern Cameroon

Chapter 8

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9         General discussion and conclusions

           Summary (Résumé Francais)

Chapter 9 & Summary

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Gerelateerde wetenschappelijke publicaties / Related scientific publications

1995. The contribution of existing health facilities to the control of urinary schistosomiasis in northern Cameroon. 

Acta Tropica 60: 109-117. 

Scholte, R., A. Same-Ekobo, R. Slootweg, L. Bont & A.M. Polderman 
   1994. An attempt to quantify the role of existing health facilities in controlling vesical schistosomiasis in rural northern Cameroon. 

Tropical and Geographical Medicine 46. 

Slootweg, R., A.M. Polderman, J.-C. Robert & J.-P. Um
1994. The biological control of snail intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis by fish. 

Reviews in Fish biology and Fisheries 4: 67-90. DOI: 10.1007/BF00043261. 

Slootweg, R., E.A. Malek & F.S. McCullough
  1993. A longitudinal study of snail intermediate hosts of trematode parasites in the Benue valley of North Cameroon.

Journal of Medical and Applied Malacology 5: 45-59. 

Slootweg, R., E. van Rhijn, J.A. van Schijndel, M.J. Dijkstra & A.C. Colenbrander 
1993. Reducing schistosomiasis infection risks by improved drainage. 

Irrigation and Drainage Systems 7: 99-112. DOI: 10.1007/BF00880870. 

Slootweg, R. & R. Keyzer
1993. Water contact studies for the assessment of schistosomiasis infection risks in an irrigation scheme in Cameroon. 

Irrigation and Drainage Systems 7: 113-130. DOI: 10.1007/BF00880871. 

Slootweg, R., M. Kooyman, P. de Koning & M.L.F. van Schooten
1993. The effects of molluscivorous fish, water quality and pond management on the development of schistosomiasis vector snails in aquaculture ponds in North Cameroon. 

Aquaculture and Fisheries Management 24, 123-128. 

Slootweg, R., P. Vroeg & S. Wiersma
1992. Mosquitoes and malaria transmission in irrigated rice-fields in the Benoue Valley of Northern Cameroon. 

Acta Tropica 52, 201-204. 

Robert, V., A. van den Broek, P. Stevens, R. Slootweg, V. Petrarca, M. Coluzzi, G. LeGoff, M.A. Di Deco & P. Carnevale
1991. Further observations on the distribution of Bulinus senegalensis Müller (Gastopoda: Planorbidae) in Cameroon. 

Journal of Molluscan Studies 57: 487-489. 

Mimpfoundi, R. & R. Slootweg 
1991. Water resources management and health: general remarks and a case study from Cameroon. 

Landscape and Urban Planning 20: 111-114. 

Slootweg, R.
1989. Proposed introduction of Astatoreochromis alluaudi, an East African mollusc crushing cichlid, as a means of snail control. 

Proceedings of the workshop on biology, ecology and conservation of Cichlids, Bielefeld, West Germany, 24 - 27 February 1988. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centr., Sc. Zool. 257: 61-64. 

Slootweg, R. 

1987. Prey selection by molluscivorous cichlids foraging on a schistosomiasis vector snail, Biomphalaria glabrata. 
Oecologia 74: 193-202. DOI: 10.1007/BF00379359  
Slootweg, R.
  1984. The prevalence of Dipetalonema perstans and  Mansonella ozzardi among Surinam Amerindians, and distribution and ecology of possible vector insects. 

Surinaams Medisch Bulletin 8: 103-111. 

Rozendaal, J.A. & R. Slootweg