Mapping Identifies Schistosomiasis Household Transmission Hotspots

A 13-year study by the Colorado School of Public Health and Sichuan CDC, supported by the US National Institutes of Health, finds that high-precision mapping and AI can pinpoint schistosomiasis transmission down to the household level, in a disease affecting about 250 million people worldwide. As regions near elimination, infections cluster into localized household hotspots driven by specific practices, implying targeted surveillance, sanitation and focused interventions to interrupt transmission.