High prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni in six health areas of - Kasansa health zone, Democratic Republic of the Congo: short report.

• Egile Nagusiak: Sylvie Linsuke (Egilea), Sabin Nundu (Egilea), Sylvain Mupoyi (Egilea), Rodin Mukele (Egilea), Faustin Mukunda (Egilea), Madeleine Mbuyi Kabongo (Egilea), Raquel Inocêncio da Luz (Egilea), Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden (Egilea), Marc Van Sprundel (Egilea), Marleen Boelaert (Egilea), Katja Polman (Egilea), Pascal Lutumba (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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School-aged children suffer the most from schistosomiasis infection in sub Saharan Africa due to poverty and limited sanitary conditions. Mapping of disease burden is recommended and there is a need of updating prevalence data which is as old as 20 years in the Democratic Republic of Congo. An epide...