Re-assessment of schistosomiasis in nine endemic districts with cluster sampling in Sierra Leone

• Main Authors: Ibrahim Kargbo-Labour (Author), Victoria Redwood-Sawyerr (Author), Abdulai Conteh (Author), Elisabeth Chop (Author), Mohamed S. Bah (Author), Abdulai Koroma (Author), Unidiatu Kabia (Author), Luke Klein (Author), Sugandh Juneja (Author), Patricia Houck (Author), Steven Reid (Author), Darin Evans (Author), Angela M. Weaver (Author), Anna E. Phillips (Author), Yaobi Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundBaseline mapping showed that schistosomiasis was highly/moderately endemic in nine districts in Sierra Leone. Mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel started in 2009, and after multiple rounds of treatment, an impact assessment was conducted in 2016 followed by a second re-assessm...