A pilot study using wearable global positioning system (GPS) dataloggers to compare water contact levels: Schistosoma haematobium infection in pre-school-aged children (PSAC) and their mothers at Barombi Kotto, Cameroon

Grace MacKlin; Michelle Stanton; Louis Albert Tchuem-Tchuenté; Russell Stothard

doi:10.1093/trstmh/try059

A pilot study using wearable global positioning system (GPS) dataloggers to compare water contact levels: Schistosoma haematobium infection in pre-school-aged children (PSAC) and their mothers at Barombi Kotto, Cameroon

Grace MacKlin, Michelle Stanton, Louis Albert Tchuem-Tchuenté, Russell Stothard

Tropical Disease Biology

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Abstract

Background

Barombi Kotto, Cameroon serves as a reference location for assessing intervention strategies against Schistosoma haematobium.

Methods

As part of a pilot study, the whole community was treated with praziquantel, inclusive of pre-school-age children (PSAC) and their mothers. One year later, egg-patent infections were reassessed and water contact patterns of 12 pairs of PSAC and their mothers were measured with global positioning system (GPS) data loggers.

Results

A substantial reduction in general infection prevalence, from 44.8% to 12.2%, was observed but certain PSAC and mothers continued to have egg-patent infections. Analysis of GPS data demonstrated similar water contact levels between the child and mother groups, although certain individuals were numerical outliers.

Conclusions

This study shows the potential of GPS data loggers to clarify the at-risk status of PSAC and mothers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	361-365
Number of pages	5
Journal	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	112
Issue number	7
Early online date	10 Jul 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/try059
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 10 Jul 2018

Keywords

Female genital schistosomiasis
I-gotU
Paediatric schistosomiasis
Praziquantel
Urogenital schistosomiasis

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MacKlin, G., Stanton, M., Tchuem-Tchuenté, L. A., & Stothard, R. (2018). A pilot study using wearable global positioning system (GPS) dataloggers to compare water contact levels: Schistosoma haematobium infection in pre-school-aged children (PSAC) and their mothers at Barombi Kotto, Cameroon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 112(7), 361-365. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/try059

MacKlin, Grace ; Stanton, Michelle ; Tchuem-Tchuenté, Louis Albert et al. / A pilot study using wearable global positioning system (GPS) dataloggers to compare water contact levels: Schistosoma haematobium infection in pre-school-aged children (PSAC) and their mothers at Barombi Kotto, Cameroon. In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2018 ; Vol. 112, No. 7. pp. 361-365.

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MacKlin, G, Stanton, M, Tchuem-Tchuenté, LA & Stothard, R 2018, 'A pilot study using wearable global positioning system (GPS) dataloggers to compare water contact levels: Schistosoma haematobium infection in pre-school-aged children (PSAC) and their mothers at Barombi Kotto, Cameroon', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 112, no. 7, pp. 361-365. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/try059

A pilot study using wearable global positioning system (GPS) dataloggers to compare water contact levels: Schistosoma haematobium infection in pre-school-aged children (PSAC) and their mothers at Barombi Kotto, Cameroon. / MacKlin, Grace; Stanton, Michelle; Tchuem-Tchuenté, Louis Albert et al.
In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 112, No. 7, 10.07.2018, p. 361-365.

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MacKlin G, Stanton M, Tchuem-Tchuenté LA, Stothard R. A pilot study using wearable global positioning system (GPS) dataloggers to compare water contact levels: Schistosoma haematobium infection in pre-school-aged children (PSAC) and their mothers at Barombi Kotto, Cameroon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2018 Jul 10;112(7):361-365. Epub 2018 Jul 10. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/try059