Ahmed, Shahira A., Florez, Milena Guerrero and Karanis, Panagiotis (2018). The impact of water crises and climate changes on the transmission of protozoan parasites in Africa. Pathog. Glob. Health, 112 (6). S. 281 - 294. ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 2047-7732
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Waterborne protozoa (WBP) are important cause of several outbreaks all over the world. The report system of WBP in Africa is weak. More than one third of African countries (21/54) reported WBP with absent reports in the remaining countries (33/54). The top reported WBP were Cryptosporidium, Giardia, FLA and Entamoeba contaminating different African water resources. Other protozoa were less documented even though it is abundant and robust. More than one protozoa were detected in contaminated African water including drinking sources, a prediction index to popular epidemics and real presence of undocumented WBP outbreaks. Risk factors in Africa were observed to be abundant and multi-factorial 'socioeconomic, governmental, pathogen in water and climate change. Climate change is an important factor impacting Africa. Increasing droughts in Africa with other extreme weather events will lead to water crises. Incidence and transmission of WBP will change, with new manifested strains/species. Recognizing future consequences of water crises in Africa are important. Governments and population unity will be needed to protect against expected raise and spread of WBP diseases and water shortages.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-200966 | ||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/20477724.2018.1523778 | ||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Pathog. Glob. Health | ||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 112 | ||||||||||||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | S. 281 - 294 | ||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | ||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | ABINGDON | ||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 2047-7732 | ||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/20096 |
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