Aspect | Activity themes | Outcome indicators |
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Schistosome species of medical or veterinary significance, or of both? | Qualitative/quantitative, at what reporting scale - local or national? | |
Contamination | Collection of host and non-host snails -environmental variables (altitude, habitat type, limnology, seasonality etc.) -molecular detection of infection | Snails present, abundance -elevation, lentic or loctic, water temperature, pH, conductivity, season -%age thresholds (H:NH b ) |
Use of briefly deployed sentinel snails -molecular detection of infection | H snails (& NH if present) -%age thresholds (H:NH) | |
Detection of eDNAa -molecular detection of schistosomes | Schistosomes present -schistosome species | |
Exposure | Cercariometry -molecular detection of schistosomes | Schistosomes present - schistosome species |
Collection of host snails -identification of infection by microscopy -molecular detection of infection -molecular identification of cercariae | Snails present, abundance -patent schistosomes, chronobiology - %age thresholds (H) - schistosome species | |
Use of briefly deployed sentinel rodents -non-invasive molecular diagnostics/autopsy | Schistosomes present - schistosome species | |
Detection of eDNAa -molecular detection of schistosomes | Schistosomes present - schistosome species |