Schistosomiasis in Malawi: a systematic review

Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Summary of schistosomiasis prevalence surveys done in Malawi between 1988 and mid 2014

Infection form	Where surveys were done			Total	Diagnostic technique used	No. of surveys*	Prevalence (%)
Infection form	School	Community	Combined	Total	Diagnostic technique used	No. of surveys*	Mean (range)	Median
Urinary	10	3	2	15	Filtration	16	23.7 (2.0-64.5)	23.7
					Sedimentation	3	19.0 (0.6-94.9)	5.7
					Serology	4	59.5 (32.0-94.5)	50.9
Intestinal	0	1	1	2	Kato Katz	6	7.4 (0–67.0)	0
Intestinal	0	1	1	2	FEC^β	1	0.7 (0–4.3)	0
Both	1	4	0	5	-	-	-	-
Total	11	8	3	22	-	-	-	-

*Some surveys used more than one diagnostic method; ^βFormol Ether Concentration.

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