Prevalence and correlations of schistosomiasis mansoni and schistosomiasis haematobium among humans and intermediate snail hosts: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Xin-Yao Wang (Author), Qin Li (Author), Yin-Long Li (Author), Su-Ying Guo (Author), Shi-Zhu Li (Author), Xiao-Nong Zhou (Author), Jia-Gang Guo (Author), Robert Bergquist (Author), Saleh Juma (Author), Jian-Feng Zhang (Author), Kun Yang (Author), Jing Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The control of schistosomiasis is particularly difficult in sub-Saharan Africa, which currently harbours 95% of this disease. The target population for preventive chemotherapy (PC) is expanded to all age group at risk of infection, thus increasing the demands of praziquantel (PZQ...