1. Prevention and control of fish-borne zoonotic trematodes in fish nurseries, Vietnam.
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Hedegaard Clausen J, Madsen H, Murrell KD, Van PT, Thu HN, Do DT, Nguyen Thi LA, Nguyen Manh H, and Dalsgaard A
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- Animals, Fish Diseases epidemiology, Fishes, Humans, Population Density, Prevalence, Snails growth & development, Snails parasitology, Trematoda growth & development, Vietnam epidemiology, Zoonoses epidemiology, Fish Diseases prevention & control, Fish Diseases transmission, Trematode Infections prevention & control, Trematode Infections transmission, Zoonoses transmission
- Abstract
Worldwide, >18 million persons were infected with fish-borne zoonotic trematodes in 2002. To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for reducing prevalence and intensity of fish-borne zoonotic trematode infections in juvenile fish, we compared transmission rates at nurseries in the Red River Delta, northern Vietnam. Rates were significantly lower for nurseries that reduced snail populations and trematode egg contamination in ponds than for nurseries that did not. These interventions can be used in the development of programs for sustained control of zoonotic trematodes in farmed fish.
- Published
- 2012
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