Modelling the age-prevalence relationship in schistosomiasis: A secondary data analysis of school-aged-children in Mangochi District, Lake Malawi

Modelling the age-prevalence relationship in schistosomiasis: A secondary data analysis of school-aged-children in Mangochi District, Lake Malawi

Schistosomiasis is an aquatic snail borne parasitic disease, with intestinal schistosomiasis (IS) and urogenital schistosomiasis (UGS) caused by Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium infections, respectively. School-aged-children (SAC) are a known vulnerable group and can also suffer from co-infect...

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Main Authors: Amber L. Reed, Angus M. O'Ferrall, Sekeleghe A. Kayuni, Hamish Baxter, Michelle C. Stanton, J. Russell Stothard, Christopher Jewell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:Parasite Epidemiology and Control
Subjects:
Schistosoma mansoni
Schistosoma haematobium
Co-infection
Generalised additive models
Age profiling
School-aged-children
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240567312300020X

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