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Fig. 1 | Parasites & Vectors

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From: Schistosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a literature review

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Flow 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)

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