An outbreak of intestinal schistosomiasis, alongside increasing urogenital schistosomiasis prevalence, in primary school children on the shoreline of Lake Malawi, Mangochi District, Malawi

• Main Authors: Sekeleghe A. Kayuni (Author), Angus M. O'Ferrall (Author), Hamish Baxter (Author), Josie Hesketh (Author), Bright Mainga (Author), David Lally (Author), Mohammad H. Al-Harbi (Author), E. James LaCourse (Author), Lazarus Juziwelo (Author), Janelisa Musaya (Author), Peter Makaula (Author), J. Russell Stothard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Intestinal schistosomiasis was not considered endemic in Lake Malawi until November 2017 when populations of Biomphalaria pfeifferi were first reported; in May 2018, emergence of intestinal schistosomiasis was confirmed. This emergence was in spite of ongoing control of urogenita...