Edridah M. Tukahebwa

TL;DR: Prevalence and intensity of intestinal schistosomiasis increased with age, peaking at 10–20 years and thereafter declined moderately with age; intensity declined more rapidly with age while intensity in a school was non‐linearly related to the mean intensity of infection.

TL;DR: The tests, which enabled the diagnosis of malaria species in patients from a finger prick of whole blood, were both highly sensitive and specific, detecting malaria in 98% of infected individuals in a double-blind first-in-human study.

TL;DR: Anthelmintic treatment delivered as part of a national helminth control programme can decrease infection and morbidity among schoolchildren and improve haemoglobin concentration.

TL;DR: The efficacy of praziquantel against Schistosoma mansoni was significantly lower in Ugandan schools that had received more prior rounds of mass drug administration, as determined by fitting a statistical model to parasite egg counts before and after treatment.

TL;DR: While CCA dipsticks are a good alternative, or complement, to stool microscopy for field diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis, they have no proven value for fielddiagnosis of urinary schistosaursomiasis unless Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) strategies are developed.