Background Point‐of‐care (POC) tests for diagnosing schistosomiasis include tests based
on circulating antigen detection and urine reagent strip tests. If they had sufficient diagnostic …

Background Accurate diagnosis is pivotal for implementing strategies for surveillance,
control, and elimination of schistosomiasis. Despite their low sensitivity in low-endemicity …

Background The control of schistosomiasis in Nigeria is mainly by mass treatment with
praziquantel through the school system, with an absence of any provision for pre-school …

A survey of 1,246 children 10− 12 years old in 32 primary schools in Kenya near Lake
Victoria was conducted to determine prevalence and distribution of schistosome and …

Background Urogenital schistosomiasis has been known to be endemic in several lowland
areas of Ethiopia. It is caused by Schistosoma haematobium and causes considerable …

Intestinal helminths and schistosomiasis among school children were investigated in an
urban and some rural communities of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. Fecal samples of …

Intestinal helminthiasis and urinary schistosomiasis were studied between April and
December, 2002, in six villages of Ijebu North Local Government, Ogun State, Nigeria …

A cross-sectional study was conducted between March and April, 2010 among pre-school
and school aged children in two peri-urban communities in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria …

Schistosomiasis (Bilharziasis) is water borne parasitic disease caused by a blood fluke
(trematode) of the genus Schistosoma. Adult schistosome worms live in mammalian host …

Studies on vesical schistosomiasis and its snail vectors were carried out between October
2001–May 2002 among rural Ezza farmers inhabiting the southwestern border of Ebonyi …