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) |