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Table 1 Observed water contact activities among participating children with rapid reinfection and no/low-intensity infection

From: Variation in water contact behaviour and risk of Schistosoma mansoni (re)infection among Ugandan school-aged children in an area with persistent high endemicity

Water contact activity

CRI

CLI

Bathing at home

Yes

Yes

Washing hands/feet/face

Yes

Yes

Washing clothes at home

Yes

Yes

Washing crockery at home

Yes

Yes

Washing crockery at school

Yes

Yes

Washing food items at home

Yes

Yes

Mopping house (bare hands/feet)

Yes

Yes

Playing with water at home

Yes

No

Fetching water for household purposes

Yes

Yes

Fetching water for money

Yes

No

Swimming at lake

Yes

No

  1. CLI Children with no or low-intensity infection, CRI children with rapid reinfection