{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,12]],"date-time":"2025-09-12T18:31:29Z","timestamp":1757701889718},"reference-count":25,"publisher":"Cambridge University Press (CUP)","issue":"13","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2018,9,24]],"date-time":"2018-09-24T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1537747200000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/terms"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["cambridge.org"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Parasitology"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,11]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title><jats:p>In Cameroon, there is a national programme engaged in the control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis. In certain locations, the programme is transitioning from morbidity control towards local interruption of parasite transmission. The volcanic crater lake villages of Barombi Mbo and Barombi Kotto are well-known transmission foci and are excellent context-specific locations to assess appropriate disease control interventions. Most recently they have served as exemplars of expanded access to deworming medications and increased environmental surveillance. In this paper, we review infection dynamics through time, beginning with data from 1953, and comment on the short- and long-term success of disease control. We show how intensification of local control is needed to push towards elimination and that further environmental surveillance, with targeted snail control, is needed to consolidate gains in preventive chemotherapy as well as empower local communities to take ownership of interventions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0031182018001531","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,9,24]],"date-time":"2018-09-24T09:16:16Z","timestamp":1537780576000},"page":"1700-1714","update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Prospects for the elimination of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: exploring disease trends through time at the Barombi crater lakes, South-West Cameroon"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"145","author":[{"given":"L. A.","family":"Tchuem Tchuent\u00e9","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"D. R. Eloundou","family":"Ombede","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"C. Dongmo","family":"Noumedem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"G. N. Djomkam","family":"Chuinteu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"B. Fesuh","family":"Nono","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A. C. Nguepkap","family":"Lemegne","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"U. Femoe","family":"Membe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"N. Feussom","family":"Gipwe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"C. M.","family":"Kenfack","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"S. K.","family":"Ngang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M. E. Ndonou","family":"Tchoumdop","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"L. J.","family":"Cunningham","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J. R.","family":"Stothard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,9,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref25","unstructured":"Zahra A (1953) Some notes on the incidence of schistosomiasis in the southern Cameroon. West African Journal of Medicine 2, 26\u201329."},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4314\/eamj.v78i6.9018"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0035-9203(01)90232-9"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0035-9203(99)90281-X"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1756-3305-1-15"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0304-3800(93)E0087-J"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1201\/9781482295184","volume-title":"Freshwater Snails of Africa and Their Medical Importance","author":"Brown","year":"1994"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref22","first-page":"359","volume-title":"Current Topics in Tropical Medicine","author":"Tchuem-Tchuente","year":"2012"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref17","first-page":"813","article-title":"[Epidemiologic and radiologic study of urinary bilharziosis in a focus at the Barombi Lakes (meme department), Cameroon]","volume":"80","author":"Moyou Somo","year":"1987","journal-title":"Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de Pathologie Exotique et de Ses Filiales"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref10","first-page":"181","article-title":"An introductory guide to the identification of cercariae from African freshwater snails with special reference to cercariae of trematode species of medical and veterinary importance","volume":"41","author":"Frandsen","year":"1984","journal-title":"Acta Tropica"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s40249-017-0264-8"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref24","unstructured":"World Health Organization (2013) Regional Strategic Plan for Neglected Tropical Diseases in the African Region 2014\u20132020, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville."},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref20","first-page":"83","article-title":"Two years impact of single praziquantel treatment on urinary schistosomiasis in the Barombi Kotto focus, South West Cameroon","volume":"5","author":"Nkengazong","year":"2013","journal-title":"Journal of Parasitology and Vector Biology"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0031182000073807"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref8","first-page":"297","article-title":"The use of a molluscicide, in conjunction with chemotherapy, to control Schistosoma haematobium at the Barombi Lake foci in Cameroon. I. The attack on the snail hosts, using N-tritylmorpholine, and the effect on transmission from snail to man","volume":"27","author":"Duke","year":"1976c","journal-title":"Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref7","first-page":"505","article-title":"The use of a molluscicide in conjunction with chemotherapy to control Schistosoma haematobium at the Barombi Lake foci in Cameroon. III. Conclusions and costs","volume":"27","author":"Duke","year":"1976b","journal-title":"Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref6","first-page":"489","article-title":"The use of a molluscicide in conjunction with chemotherapy to control Schistosoma haematobium at the Barombi Lake foci in Cameroon. II. Urinary examination methods, the use of niridazole to attack the parasite in man, and the effect on transmission from man to snail","volume":"27","author":"Duke","year":"1976a","journal-title":"Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref23","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1360-2276.2003.01120.x"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s13071-017-2043-6"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0031182000077131"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref19","first-page":"159","article-title":"Reassessment of endemicity level of urinary schistosomiasis in the Kotto-Barombi focus (South West Cameroon) and impact of mass drug administration (MDA) on the parasitic indices","volume":"3","author":"Nkengazong","year":"2009","journal-title":"Journal of Cell and Animal Biology"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref16","volume-title":"Guidelines for the Evaluation of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis and Schistosomiasis at Community Level","author":"Montresor","year":"1998"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref15","unstructured":"Ministry of Public Health Cameroon (2017) TES Conference 2017 Report & Recommendations. Towards elimination of schistosomiasis: a paradigm shift."},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref21","first-page":"1","article-title":"A centenary of Robert T. Leiper's lasting legacy on schistosomiasis and a COUNTDOWN on control of neglected tropical diseases","volume":"144","author":"Stothard","year":"2016","journal-title":"Parasitology"},{"key":"S0031182018001531_ref14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.9734\/IJTDH\/2015\/17109"}],"container-title":["Parasitology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/aop-cambridge-core\/content\/view\/S0031182018001531","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,10]],"date-time":"2020-11-10T21:17:31Z","timestamp":1605043051000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/product\/identifier\/S0031182018001531\/type\/journal_article"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2018,9,24]]},"references-count":25,"journal-issue":{"issue":"13","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,11]]}},"alternative-id":["S0031182018001531"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/s0031182018001531","relation":{},"ISSN":["0031-1820","1469-8161"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0031-1820","type":"print"},{"value":"1469-8161","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2018,9,24]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Copyright \u00a9 Cambridge University Press 2018\u00a0","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright","group":{"name":"copyright_and_licensing","label":"Copyright and Licensing"}}]}}