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Agrochemicals increase risk of human schistosomiasis by supporting higher densities of intermediate hosts

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Communications, February 2018
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Title
Agrochemicals increase risk of human schistosomiasis by supporting higher densities of intermediate hosts
Published in
Nature Communications, February 2018
DOI 10.1038/s41467-018-03189-w
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Authors

Neal T. Halstead, Christopher M. Hoover, Arathi Arakala, David J. Civitello, Giulio A. De Leo, Manoj Gambhir, Steve A. Johnson, Nicolas Jouanard, Kristin A. Loerns, Taegan A. McMahon, Raphael A. Ndione, Karena Nguyen, Thomas R. Raffel, Justin V. Remais, Gilles Riveau, Susanne H. Sokolow, Jason R. Rohr

Abstract

Schistosomiasis is a snail-borne parasitic disease that ranks among the most important water-based diseases of humans in developing countries. Increased prevalence and spread of human schistosomiasis to non-endemic areas has been consistently linked with water resource management related to agricultural expansion. However, the role of agrochemical pollution in human schistosome transmission remains unexplored, despite strong evidence of agrochemicals increasing snail-borne diseases of wildlife and a projected 2- to 5-fold increase in global agrochemical use by 2050. Using a field mesocosm experiment, we show that environmentally relevant concentrations of fertilizer, a herbicide, and an insecticide, individually and as mixtures, increase densities of schistosome-infected snails by increasing the algae snails eat and decreasing densities of snail predators. Epidemiological models indicate that these agrochemical effects can increase transmission of schistosomes. Identifying agricultural practices or agrochemicals that minimize disease risk will be critical to meeting growing food demands while improving human wellbeing.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 135 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 21 16%
Researcher 21 16%
Student > Master 15 11%
Student > Bachelor 12 9%
Professor 10 7%
Other 28 21%
Unknown 28 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 32 24%
Environmental Science 20 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 10 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 4%
Other 19 14%
Unknown 37 27%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 64. 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 26 May 2021.
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#633,739
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#10,928
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#313
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