Prevalence and risk factors of urogenital schistosomiasis among under-fives in Mtama District in the Lindi region of Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite the ongoing intervention for schistosomiasis control among school-age children in the Lindi region of Tanzania, urogenital schistosomiasis continues to be a public health problem, presumably because other at-risk populations are not covered in praziquantel deworming campaigns. Evidence shows that under-fives become infected in their early life hence the need to understand the disease profile and the risk factors for exposure to infection so as to plan effective control strategies in this group. This study examined the prevalence and risk factors of urogenital schistosomiasis among under-fives in the Mtama district, Lindi region of Tanzania.

Methodology/principal findings

A quantitative community-based cross-sectional study was carried out among 770 parti

SUBMITTER: Mushi V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9060350 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature