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. 2012 Nov 15;6(11):e1903. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001903

Table 1. 2006 World Health Organization categorization of communities at risk for schistosomiasis [16].

Community category Prevalence among school-aged children:
I. High-risk community ≥50% by parasitological methods (intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis), or ≥30% by questionnaire for visible hematuria (urogenital schistosomiasis)
II. Moderate-risk community ≥10% but <50% by parasitological methods (intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis), or <30% by questionnaire for visible hematuria (urogenital schistosomiasis)
III. Low-risk community <10% by parasitological methods (intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis)