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. 2014 Dec 10;7:570. doi: 10.1186/s13071-014-0570-y

Table 3.

Schistosomiasis prevalence studies carried out in Malawi between 1988 and mid 2014

Reference number Year study was done Place where study was done Sample size Target group examined Diagnostic technique used Infection species targeted Prevalence (%)
[20] 2003 North high* 257 School children Filtration S. haematobium 7.4
[20] 2003 North high 257 School children Kato Katz S. mansoni 0
[20] 2003 Centre highα 242 School children Filtration S. haematobium 2.0
[20] 2003 Centre low§ 291 School children Filtration S. haematobium 9.5
[20] 2003 Centre low 291 School children Kato Katz S. mansoni 0
[20] 2003 South highΩ 261 School children Filtration S. haematobium 3.2
[20] 2003 South high 261 School children Kato Katz S. mansoni 1.3
[20] 2003 South low± 297 School children Filtration S. haematobium 23.2
[20] 2003 South low 297 School children Kato Katz S. mansoni 0
[20] 2003 Urbanμ 277 School children Filtration S. haematobium 3.4
[20] 2003 Urban 277 School children Kato Katz S. mansoni 0
[23] 2014 Zomba 483 School age children Filtration S. haematobium 34.0
[103] 2014 Chikhwawa 165 Mothers Filtration S. haematobium 45.1
[103] 2014 Chikhwawa 208 Pre-school children Filtration S. haematobium 17.7
[103] 2014 Chikhwawa 165 Mothers Serology S. haematobium 94.5
[103] 2014 Chikhwawa 208 Pre-school children Serology S. haematobium 49.5
[103] 2014 Chikhwawa 84 Mothers Kato Katz S. mansoni 21.5
[103] 2014 Chikhwawa 102 Pre-school children Kato Katz S. mansoni 0
[26] 2012 Chikhwawa 1642 Community based Sedimentation S. haematobium 14.2
[26] 2012 Chikhwawa 1642 Community based Kato Katz S. mansoni 4.3
[29] 2012 Mangochi 400 School children Filtration S. haematobium 12.5
[58] 1999 Mangochi 4324 Community based Filtration S. haematobium 39.0
[58] 1999 Mangochi 4131 School children Filtration S. haematobium 64.5
[80] 2008 Blantyre 14 Community based Sedimentation S. haematobium 28.6
[80] 2008 Chikhwawa 140 Community based Sedimentation S. haematobium 5.7
[80] 2008 Chiradzulu 178 Community based Sedimentation S. haematobium 5.6
[80] 2008 Mwanza 128 Community based Sedimentation S. haematobium 0.8
[80] 2008 Phalombe 39 Community based Sedimentation S. haematobium 94.9
[80] 2008 Thyolo 55 Community based Sedimentation S. haematobium 1.8
[31] 2006 Blantyre 1145 School children Filtration S. haematobium 10.4
[32] 1998 Mangochi 1084 School children Filtration S. haematobium 33.5
[32] 2007 Mangochi 1084 School children Filtration S. haematobium 4.5
[71] 2003 Mangochi 455 School children Filtration S. haematobium 36.5
[71] 2004 Mangochi 745 School children Filtration S. haematobium 35.7
[71] 2004 Mangochi 75 School children Serology S. haematobium 70.7
[71] 2005 Mangochi 1066 School children Filtration S. haematobium 21.9
[71] 2005 Mangochi 55 School children Serology S. haematobium 50.9
[71] 2006 Mangochi 1204 School children Filtration S. haematobium 36.4
[71] 2007 Mangochi 1100 School children Filtration S. haematobium 23.7
[85] 2003 Likoma 339 Community based Filtration S. haematobium 27.1
[85] 2003 Likoma 204 Community based Kato Katz S. mansoni 0.5
[85] 2003 Chizumulu 123 Community based Filtration S. haematobium 30.1
[85] 2003 Chizumulu 108 Community based Kato Katz S. mansoni 0
[85] 2006 Likoma 392 School children Filtration S. haematobium 30.0
[105] 1999 Mangochi 609 School children Kato Katz S. mansoni 0
[105] 1999 Mangochi 421 Community based Kato Katz S. mansoni 2.1
[105] 2000 Mangochi 4131 School children Filtration S. haematobium 23.8
[105] 2000 Mangochi 2316 Community based Filtration S. haematobium 17.2
[75] 2000 Blantyre 273 Village children FECβ S. mansoni 0
[75] 2000 Chiradzulu 280 Village children FEC S. mansoni 0.7
[45] 1993 Lilongwe 955 Expatriates Serology S. haematobium 32.0
[108] 1988 Lilongwe 165 Village children Sedimentation S. haematobium 0.6
[108] 1988 Lilongwe 165 Village children Kato Katz S. mansoni 67.0

*Chitipa, Rumphi and Mzimba; αNtcheu, Dedza, Dowa, Kasungu, Mchinji and Ntchisi; §Salima and Nkhotakota; ΩPhalombe, Mulanje, Thyolo, Mwanza and Balaka; ±Nsanje, Chikwawa, Mangochi, Machinga; μMzuzu, Lilongwe and Blantyre; βFEC = Formol Ether Concentration.