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Control and Elimination of Schistosoma Mansoni Infection in Adult Individuals on Ukerewe Island, Northwestern Tanzania: Baseline Results Before Implementation of Intervention Measures

Humphrey D. Mazigo, Crecencia Edward Chiombola,Stella Mugassa, Magreth Magambo,Godfrey M. Kaatano, Titus Leeyio, Erick Simon Mwangoka, Tumaini Baumba,Saskia Kreibich, Christa Kasang,Antje Fuss,Andreas Mueller

BMC infectious diseases(2024)

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Communities living along the shoreline and on the islands of Lake Victoria in northwestern Tanzania remain endemic for schistosomiasis and suffer from the life-threatening morbidities associated with the disease. Nevertheless, the control measures particularly the mass drug administration do not cover the adult population. The current project on Ukerewe island aims to close this gap by involving adult community members in the control program. Here we report the baseline results of S. mansoni infection and associated hepatosplenic morbidities and factors before implementing the project activities. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted with 4,043 participants aged ≥ 18 years living in 20 villages on Ukerewe island, northwestern Tanzania. Individual stool and urine samples were collected and examined using the Kato-Katz (KK) technique and point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen testing(POC-CCA) to identify S. mansoni eggs and antigens, respectively. All study participants underwent ultrasound evaluation of S. mansoni hepatosplenic morbidities using the Niamey protocol. Rapid diagnostic tests were used to diagnose HIV infection, hepatitis C and chronic hepatitis B. A questionnaire was used to collect demographic data and reported clinical symptoms of study participants. A total of 4,043 participants took part in the study, of which 49.7
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Schistosoma mansoni,Hepatosplenomegaly,Risk factors,Adult,Ukerewe,Tanzania
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