Schistosomiasis amongst adolescent boys in non-lakeshore southern Malawi: Investigating local risk-factors within a nested community-based cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Schistosomiasis is endemic to Malawi, where preventive chemotherapy by mass drug administration (MDA) has been the foundational public health strategy for over a decade. Despite ongoing control, our understanding of the contemporary epidemiology of schistosomiasis in rural Malawi is limited to infrequent school-based surveys, typically lacking evidence from community-based surveys particularly within non-lakeshore upland communities who may be perceived to be at lower risk.

Methods

Between July and August 2022, we conducted a cross-sectional parasitological survey amongst a community-representative sub-sample of boys aged 10-15 years who had been randomly selected and recruited to the DeWorm3 endline survey in Namwera, Mangochi District. A total of 306 participant

SUBMITTER: Herrera O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12668493 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature