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Exploring African catfish as a sustainable solution to preventing disease spread
Giulio De Leo, Stanford professor of oceans and earth systems and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, aims to decrease the transmission of schistosomiasis by lowering the population of freshwater snails in rice fields.
Schistosomiasis, a debilitating disease transmitted through water that causes rashes, flu-like symptoms, and eventually digestive or neurological issues, is a particular risk for rice farmers in Senegal. The disease spreads when humans step in water, such as that of rice fields, infected with the…