Intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren in different settings of Côte d’Ivoire: effect of diagnostic approach and implications for control

Table 1 Prevalence of S. mansoni and S. haematobium , as assessed in an initial screening carried out in 11 schools in Azaguié district, south Côte d’Ivoire in September 2010

^a Endemicity was set according to SCORE guidelines: prevalence of S. mansoni between 10% and 24% indicates low endemicity, prevalence of S. mansoni between 25% and 49% was considered moderate endemicity, co-existence of S. mansoni and S. haematobium indicates mixed endemicity.
In each school, the prevalence was assessed among 25 randomly selected children, aged 8–12 years. One stool sample was examined with triplicate Kato-Katz thick smears to determine the prevalence of S. mansoni, whereas one urine sample was subjected to a single filtration to assess the prevalence of S. haematobium.

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