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| Title |
High prevalence of cannabis use among Aka foragers of the Congo Basin and its possible relationship to helminthiasis
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| Published in |
American Journal of Human Biology, May 2015
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| DOI | 10.1002/ajhb.22740 |
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| Abstract |
Little is known about cannabis use in hunter-gatherers. Therefore, we investigated cannabis use in the Aka, a population of foragers of the Congo Basin. Because cannabis contains anthelminthic compounds, and the Aka have a high prevalence of helminthiasis, we also tested the hypothesis that cannabis use might be an unconscious form of self-medication against helminths. We collected self- and peer-reports of cannabis use from all adult Aka in the Lobaye district of the Central African Republic (n = 379). Because female cannabis use was low, we restricted sample collection to men. Using an immunoassay for Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol-11-oic acid (THCA), a urinary biomarker of recent cannabis consumption, we validated cannabis use in men currently residing in camps near a logging road (n = 62). We also collected stool samples to assay worm burden. A longitudinal reinfection study was conducted among a subsample of the male participants (n = 23) who had been treated with a commercial anthelmintic 1 year ago. The prevalence of self- and peer-reported cannabis use was 70.9% among men and 6.1% among women, for a total prevalence of 38.6%. Using a 50 ng/ml threshold for THCA, 67.7% of men used cannabis. Cannabis users were significantly younger and had less material wealth than the non-cannabis users. There were significant negative associations between THCA levels and worm burden, and reinfection with helminths 1 year after treatment with a commercial anthelmintic. The prevalence of cannabis use among adult Aka men was high when compared to most global populations. THCA levels were negatively correlated with parasite infection and reinfection, supporting the self-medication hypothesis. Am. J. Hum. Biol., 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 29 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 28% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 3% |
| Belgium | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Colombia | 1 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 14 | 48% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 19 | 66% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 14% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 10% |
| Scientists | 3 | 10% |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 82 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 79 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 14 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 11% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 10 | 12% |
| Unknown | 22 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Social Sciences | 11 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 14 | 17% |
| Unknown | 26 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 168. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 June 2023.
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