TY - JOUR

T1 - A pilot study using wearable global positioning system data loggers to compare water contact levels

T2 - Schistosoma haematobium infection in pre-school-age children (PSAC) and their mothers at Barombi Kotto, Cameroon

AU - Macklin, Grace

AU - Stanton, Michelle C.

AU - Tchuem-Tchuenté, Louis-Albert

AU - Stothard, J. Russell

N1 - This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Grace Macklin, Michelle C Stanton, Louis Albert Tchuem-Tchuenté, J Russell Stothard; A pilot study using wearable global positioning system data loggers to compare water contact levels: Schistosoma haematobium infection in pre-school-age children (PSAC) and their mothers at Barombi Kotto, Cameroon, Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 112, Issue 7, 1 July 2018, Pages 361–365, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/try059 is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/trstmh/article/112/7/361/5051085

PY - 2018/7

Y1 - 2018/7

N2 - 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 preschool- 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. © 2018 The Author(s).

AB - 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 preschool- 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. © 2018 The Author(s).

KW - Female genital schistosomiasis

KW - I-gotU

KW - Paediatric schistosomiasis

KW - Praziquantel

KW - Urogenital schistosomiasis

U2 - 10.1093/trstmh/try059

DO - 10.1093/trstmh/try059

M3 - Journal article

VL - 112

SP - 361

EP - 365

JO - Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

JF - Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

SN - 0035-9203

IS - 7

ER -