Urogenital schistosomiasis among pre-school and school aged children in four districts of north western Tanzania after 15 years of mass drug administration: Geographical prevalence, risk factors and performance of haematuria reagent strips.

• Main Authors: Humphrey D Mazigo (Author), Upendo J Mwingira (Author), Maria M Zinga (Author), Cecilia Uisso (Author), Paul E Kazyoba (Author), Safari M Kinung'hi (Author), Francesca Mutapi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Urogenital schistosomiasis remains as a public health problem in Tanzania and for the past 15 years, mass drug administration (MDA) targeting primary school children has remained as the mainstay for its control. However, after multiple rounds of MDA in highly risk grou...