Schistosomiasis -- Burkina Faso
Objective
To assess the impact of a decade of biennial mass administration of praziquantel on schistosomiasis in school-age children in Burkina Faso.
Methods
In 2013, in a national assessment based on 22 sentinel sites, 3514 school children aged 7-11 years were checked for _Schistosoma haematobium_ and _Schistosoma mansoni_ infection by the examination of urine and stool samples, respectively. We analysed the observed prevalence and intensity of infections and compared these with the
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