<div><p>School-aged children suffer the most from schistosomiasis infection in sub Saharan Africa due to poverty and limited sanitary conditions. Mapping of disease burden is recommended and there is a need of updating prevalence data which is as old as 20 years in the Democratic Republic of Congo. An epidemiological and parasitological study was carried out in 2011 in the health zone of Kasansa. Six health areas (HA) were included in the study. In each health area, one primary school was selected. School-aged children were screened for <i>S. mansoni</i> infection using parallel Kato-Katz and direct microscopy techniques. A total of 335 school-aged children were screened. The average prevalence was 82.7% and ranged between 59.5–94.9%. Four ...
Schistosomiasis is a poverty-related parasitic infection, leading to chronic ill-health. For more th...
Introduction Intestinal schistosomiasis is still endemic in most countries in sub Saharan Africa inc...
Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni in schools surveyed in Togo in 2009 and 2015 (15 children surveyed...
School-aged children suffer the most from schistosomiasis infection in sub Saharan Africa due to pov...
Abstract Background There is a paucity of epidemiological data pertaining to schistosomiasis and soi...
Introduction: schistosomiasis (SCH) is an important public health problem in developing countri...
BackgroundIntestinal schistosomiasis is one of the most common neglected tropical diseases in Tanzan...
BACKGROUND: Knowing the prevalence of schistosomiasis is key to informing programmes to control and ...
BackgroundKnowing the prevalence of schistosomiasis is key to informing programmes to control and el...
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease affecting more than 250 million people, primarily in sub-Saha...
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma mansoni, is of great significance to public healt...
In Sierra Leone, nationally powered school-based surveys have documented significant progress in the...
To adequately plan mass drug administration campaigns, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ne...
Schistosomiasis is a poverty-related parasitic infection, leading to chronic ill-health. For more th...
In Tanzania, Schistosoma mansoni is of great public health importance. Understanding the prevalence ...
Schistosomiasis is a poverty-related parasitic infection, leading to chronic ill-health. For more th...
Introduction Intestinal schistosomiasis is still endemic in most countries in sub Saharan Africa inc...
Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni in schools surveyed in Togo in 2009 and 2015 (15 children surveyed...
School-aged children suffer the most from schistosomiasis infection in sub Saharan Africa due to pov...
Abstract Background There is a paucity of epidemiological data pertaining to schistosomiasis and soi...
Introduction: schistosomiasis (SCH) is an important public health problem in developing countri...
BackgroundIntestinal schistosomiasis is one of the most common neglected tropical diseases in Tanzan...
BACKGROUND: Knowing the prevalence of schistosomiasis is key to informing programmes to control and ...
BackgroundKnowing the prevalence of schistosomiasis is key to informing programmes to control and el...
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease affecting more than 250 million people, primarily in sub-Saha...
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma mansoni, is of great significance to public healt...
In Sierra Leone, nationally powered school-based surveys have documented significant progress in the...
To adequately plan mass drug administration campaigns, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ne...
Schistosomiasis is a poverty-related parasitic infection, leading to chronic ill-health. For more th...
In Tanzania, Schistosoma mansoni is of great public health importance. Understanding the prevalence ...
Schistosomiasis is a poverty-related parasitic infection, leading to chronic ill-health. For more th...
Introduction Intestinal schistosomiasis is still endemic in most countries in sub Saharan Africa inc...
Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni in schools surveyed in Togo in 2009 and 2015 (15 children surveyed...