Significantly reduced intensity of infection but persistent prevalence of schistosomiasis in a highly endemic region in Mali after repeated treatment

Preventive chemotherapy against schistosomiasis has been implemented since 2005 in Mali, targeting school-age children and adults at high risk. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2010 to evaluate the impact of repeated treatment among school-age children in the highly-endemic region of Segou....

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Published in:PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2012-07, Vol.6 (7), p.e1774-e1774
Main Authors: Landouré, Aly, Dembélé, Robert, Goita, Seydou, Kané, Mamadou, Tuinsma, Marjon, Sacko, Moussa, Toubali, Emily, French, Michael D, Keita, Adama D, Fenwick, Alan, Traoré, Mamadou S, Zhang, Yaobi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Animals
Anthelmintics - administration & dosage
Care and treatment
Chemoprevention - methods
Chemotherapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographic aspects
Diagnosis
Endemic Diseases
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infections
Male
Mali - epidemiology
Medicine
Methods
Middle Aged
Models, Theoretical
Morbidity
Parasitology - methods
Prevalence
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Public health
Schistosoma haematobium - isolation & purification
Schistosoma mansoni - isolation & purification
Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis haematobia - drug therapy
Schistosomiasis haematobia - epidemiology
Schistosomiasis haematobia - pathology
Schistosomiasis mansoni - drug therapy
Schistosomiasis mansoni - epidemiology
Schistosomiasis mansoni - pathology
Schools
Tropical diseases
Urine
Young Adult
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Summary:Preventive chemotherapy against schistosomiasis has been implemented since 2005 in Mali, targeting school-age children and adults at high risk. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2010 to evaluate the impact of repeated treatment among school-age children in the highly-endemic region of Segou. The survey was conducted in six sentinel schools in three highly-endemic districts, and 640 school children aged 7-14 years were examined. Infections with Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni were diagnosed with the urine filtration and the Kato-Katz method respectively. Overall prevalence of S. haematobium infection was 61.7%, a significant reduction of 30% from the baseline in 2004 (p
ISSN:1935-2735
1935-2727
1935-2735
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001774