Associations between infection intensity categories and morbidity prevalence in school-age children are much stronger for Schistosoma haematobium than for S. mansoni.

• Main Authors: Ryan E Wiegand (Author), W Evan Secor (Author), Fiona M Fleming (Author), Michael D French (Author), Charles H King (Author), Arminder K Deol (Author), Susan P Montgomery (Author), Darin Evans (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Penelope Vounatsou (Author), Sake J de Vlas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for measuring global progress in schistosomiasis control classify individuals with Schistosoma spp. infections based on the concentration of excreted eggs. We assessed the associations between WHO infection intensity categorie...