The correlation between rainfall and the prevalence of trematode metacercaria in freshwater fish in Thailand.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2005 ; 36 Suppl 4(): 120-2
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in English
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| ID: sea-31987
ABSTRACT
The author performed a retrospective study on 5 complete reports with geographical data and the prevalence of metacercariae in Thailand. The relation between rainfall (derived from the geographical data) and the prevalence of metacercariae in freshwater fish (derived from the overall infection rate of metacercaria) was investigated. The least- square equation plot rainfall (y) versus prevalence (x) is y = 12.4x + 43.8 (r = 0.858; p < 0.05). A significant correlation was discerned between rainfall and the prevalence of freshwater fish infection. According to these previous studies, the prevalence of freshwater fish infection may depend on rainfall. Predicted prevalence of freshwater fish infection as a GIS figure was also presented.
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Main subject:
Rain
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Thailand
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Trematoda
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Trematode Infections
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Humans
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Food Contamination
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Prevalence
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Retrospective Studies
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Risk Factors
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Geographic Information Systems
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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