Fig. 1From: Schistosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a literature reviewFlow diagram of the literature search strategy. 1. Additional records consisted of three master theses, one book chapter and one map of schistosomiasis in DRC. 2. Reasons for exclusion were: a) Non relevant association between the keywords (e.g., Congo as name of a reagent, another country “Congo-Brazzaville”, etc.) (20 records); b) Reviews and studies based on mathematical modelling (18 records); c) Case reports and studies on hospitalized patients without any information on their geographic residency (11 records); d) Cases of schistosomiasis among non-Congolese travelers coming from DRC (5 records); e) Malacological studies (11); f) Animal and parasite fundamental research (30 records); g) Test evaluation and others (32 records). 3. Reason for exclusion: duplicates (4 records)Back to article page