Background Preventive chemotherapy represents a powerful but short-term control strategy
for soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Since humans are often re-infected rapidly, long-term …

Introduction Schistosomiasis remains an important public health problem that undermines
social and economic development in tropical regions of the world, mainly Sub-Saharan …

Background Mass drug administration (MDA) is one of the key interventions recommended
by WHO for prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases (NTD). In Malawi, MDA is …

Background To complement ongoing schistosomiasis control within national control
programmes (NCPs) that administer praziquantel to school-age children, assessing the risk …

Parasitism in wild mammals can vary according to myriad intrinsic and extrinsic factors,
many of which vary seasonally. However, seasonal variation in parasitism is rarely studied …

Administering more than one treatment may increase Praziquantel cure and egg reduction
rates, thereby hastening achievement of schistosomiasis transmission control. A total of 431 …

Abstract Background In sub-Saharan Africa, co-morbidity with malaria, schistosomiasis, and
soil transmitted helminths (STH) is common among young children. The current study …

Background Schistosomiasis studies in western Kenya have mainly focused on the intestinal
form, with evidence of urinary schistosomiasis remaining anecdotal. Detailed disease …

Background It is common in public health and epidemiology that the outcome of interest is
counts of events occurrence. Analysing these data using classical linear models is mostly …

Use of Ecological Sanitation (EcoSan) sludge is becoming popular due to increasing price
of organic fertilizers in Malawi; however, there is little evidence on the associated risks …