Table 2.

Overview of reports on schistosomiasis-related morbidity in DRC

Province	Locality/area	Study design	Study population	Hepatomegaly prevalence (%)	Splenomegaly prevalence (%)	Urinary tract lesion prevalence (%)	Anaemia prevalence (%)	References
Kinshasa	Mokali health area	Cross-sectional	SAC	–	–	–	41.6	[24]
Bas-Congo	Konde-Kuimba	Cross-sectional	TP	40.0–54.0	8.0–22.0	–	–	[19]
Maniema	Kindu and Kasongo	Cross-sectional	SAC	11.0	0.5	–	–	[29]
	SOMINKI mining area	Cross-sectional	IP	3.0–45.0	9.0–22.0	–	9.0–36.0	[30]
	SOMINKI mining area	Cohort	IP	15.8–28.8	6.4–29.0	–	–	[37]
Katanga	Lac Lufira	Cross-sectional	IP	–	–	8–60	–	[41]
Eastern province	Aru territory	Cross-sectional	SAC	15.6–38.0	22.0–59.2	–	–	[47]
Katanga	Lac Lufira area	Cross-sectional	IP	29.5	34.4	–	21.6	[42]
Eastern Kasaï	Kasansa health district	Cross-sectional	SAC	–	–	–	61.4	[27]

Abbreviations: SOMINKI Société Minière du Kivu; TP total population; SAC school-age children; IP infected people