Schistosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a literature review

Madinga, Joule; Linsuke, Sylvie; Mpabanzi, Liliane; Meurs, Lynn; Kanobana, Kirezi; Speybroeck, Niko; Lutumba, Pascal; Polman, Katja

doi:10.1186/s13071-015-1206-6

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Overview of reports on human infections with Schistosoma spp. in DRC

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

Province	Location	Geographic unit	Year of publication	Study population	Number of people tested (n)	Species	Infection prevalence (%)	Risk group	Diagnostic method used	References
Kinshasa	Kintambo	1 school	1976	SAC	50	Sm	4.0	NR	Coprology + rectal snip	[17]
	Kitambo and Bandalungua	NR	1977	TP	1,818	Sm	16.3	12–15 years	Ritchie	[18]
	Kitambo and Bandalungua	NR	1983	SAC	735	Sm	39.6	Males 13–14 years	Kato	[21]
	Quartier Brikin	NR	1987	TP	156	Si	30.0	10–19 years	Kato	[20]
	Mangungu and Tsudi rivers area	NR	1997	SAC	167	Si	3.6	NR	Kato-Katz	[25]
	Random selection	26 schools	2009	SAC	1,559	Sm	3.1	NR	Kato-Katz	[Linsuke: Schistosomiasis in schoolchildren of Kinshasa and Bas-Congo provinces, Democratic Republic of Congo, unpublished]
						Sh	0.13	NR	Stick test
						Si	0.6	NR	Kato-Katz
	Mokali health area	2 schools	2014	SAC	616	Sm	6.4	Girls	Kato-Katz	[24]
Bas-Congo	Konde-kuimba	1 village	1985	TP	510	Sm	63.0	Males 10–19 years	Kato-Katz	[19]
								Females 5–19 years
								Palm oil extractors
	Songololo territory	57 schools	2000	SAC	5,806	Sm	31.2	NR	Kato-Katz	[22]
	Songololo territory	57 schools	2000	SAC	2,495	Sh	20.2	NR	Stick test	[22]
	Kimpese and Nsona- Mpangu health districts	26 schools	2009	SAC	840	Sm	25.2	NR	Kato Katz	[Linsuke: Schistosomiasis in schoolchildren of Kinshasa and Bas-Congo provinces, Democratic Republic of Congo, unpublished]
	Kimpese and Nsona- Mpangu health districts	26 schools	2009	SAC	840	Sh	10.0	NR	Urine sedimentation
Eastern Kasaï	Kasansa health district	6 schools	2014	SAC	335	Sm	82.7	Male	Kato-Katz	[26]
Maniema	SOMINKI mining zone	2 villages	1987	TP	910	Sm	19.0 and 96.0	Subjects under 18 years	Kato	[30]
	SOMINKI mining zone	10 villages	1986	TP	6,433	Sm	73.0–96.0	NR	Kato	[36]
	SOMINKI mining zone	38 villages	1985	TP	8,958	Sm	7.1–96.7	11–20 years	Kato	[34]
	SOMINKI mining zone	5 villages	1989	TP	4,073	Sm	>80.0	11–20 years	Kato	[31]
	SOMINKI mining zone	4 village	1984	male labourers 22–35 years	154	Sm	3.0–93.0	NR	Kato	[38]
	Kasongo	1 school	1981	SAC	61	Sh	6.6	NR	Sedimentation	[29]
	Kasongo	1 school	1981	SAC	52	Sm	71.1	NR	Kato-Katz	[29]
	Kindu	1 school	1981	SAC	32	Sh	72.0	NR	Sedimentation	[29]
	Kindu	1 school	1981	SAC	40	Sm	17.5	NR	Kato-Katz	[29]
South-Kivu	Katana	>3 villages	2000	TP	787	Sm	8.1	10–14 years	Kato-Katz	[28]
Eastern province	Yakusu	NR	1956	TP	470	Si	38.6	Children and adolescents	Coprology	[46]
Eastern province	Aru territory	3 schools	1986	SAC	1,550	Sm	12.4–21.2	6–15years	Ritchie and Kato-Katz	[47]
Katanga	Lac Lufira reservoir area	77 villages	1969	TP	3,019	Sh	12.1	10–14 years	Urine sedimentation	[43]
Katanga	Lac Lufira reservoir area	77 villages	1969	TP	3,019	Sm	6.3	10–14 years	Willis + Telleman Bailenger	[43]

Abbreviations: SOMINKI Société Minière du Kivu; Sm Schistosoma mansoni; Sh S. haematobium; Si S. intercalatum; TP total population; SAC school-aged children; NR not reported

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