Francis Kazibwe

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

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.

TL;DR: Although the immediate and later-life clinical impacts of such infection have yet to be elucidated, such infants would probably benefit from regular de-worming, and mothers should be strongly encouraged to visit the nearest health-services clinic, with their infants, for any necessary anthelmintic treatment.

TL;DR: Annual anthelminthic treatment delivered to schoolchildren and to adults at high risk in Uganda can significantly reduce the prevalence and intensity of infection for schistosomiasis and STH, and potentially also significantly reduce levels of environmental transmission of infection.