Prevalence of intestinal schistosomiasis in preschool-aged children.

Prevalence (and CI95), in %, of intestinal schistosomiasis according to the different diagnostic tests employed (faecal microscopy, single urine CCA and SEA-ELISA), the combined results for all tests (if positive for any test then considered child as positive), as well as the mathematical model by Jordan and colleagues (‘Triplicate stool samples microscopy’) [29]. This study was conducted in three epidemiological settings in Uganda in October/November 2009 (baseline) and 2010 (follow-up). For each stool sample, duplicate Kato-Katz thick smears were performed.