Parasitological and malacological surveys reveal urogenital schistosomiasis on Mafia Island, Tanzania to be an imported infection

JR Stothard, H Ameri, IS Khamis, L Blair, US Nyandindi… - Acta Tropica, 2013 - Elsevier
To confirm the local endemicity of Schistosoma haematobium on Mafia Island, Tanzania,
conjoint parasitological and malacological surveys were undertaken in July 2006 with
parasitological investigations supplemented with case-history questionnaires. A total of 238
children (125 girls and 113 boys, mean age of 13.9 years) across 9 primary schools were
examined. The prevalence of micro-haematuria and egg-patent infection was 18.1%(CI 95=
9.6–33.6) and 4.2%(CI 95= 1.9–7.6), respectively but a strong female bias was observed for …
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