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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2023

Evaluating the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Schistosomiasis Amongst School-Aged Children in Low- and Middle-Income Communities: Ehlanzeni District Municipality, South Africa, 2015-2021.

Sunnieboy Lot Njikho, Vanessa Cecilia Quan, Thokozani Patrick Mbonane, Renay Helouise Van Wyk

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sunnieboy Lot NjikhoDepartment of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.
Vanessa Cecilia QuanPublic Health Surveillance and Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1666-4752
Thokozani Patrick MbonaneDepartment of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5802-4265
Renay Helouise Van WykDepartment of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7860-1285
National Health Laboratory Service · ZAUniversity of Johannesburg · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the prevalence and identify risk factors of schistosomiasis among school-aged children in low- and middle-income communities. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted to review patient records of school-age children. Data on gender, age, sub-district, area residing in, patient status, history of bilharzia, presence of blood in the urine, and schistosomiasis diagnoses were collected. The data were analyzed using IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27. Logistic regression was employed to determine the factors associated with schistosomiasis. The overall prevalence of schistosomiasis in the study population was 75%, with higher prevalence observed among male children (89%), children aged between 10 and 14 years (59%), urban areas (51%), and rural-dominated districts, particularly Bushbuckridge (42%) and City of Mbombela (51%). Age, especially 10-14 years old (

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diseasedistrict municipalityenvironmental factorslow- and middle-income communityprevalencerisk factorsschistosomiasis

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