The prevalence of schistosomiasis in school-aged children as an appropriate indicator of its prevalence in the community

dc.creatorPereira, Ana Paula Braz
dc.creatorFavre, Tereza Cristina
dc.creatorGalvão, Aline Favre
dc.creatorBeck, Lilian
dc.creatorBarbosa, Constança Simões
dc.creatorPieri, Otávio Sarmento
dc.date2017-09-26T13:21:24Z
dc.date2017-09-26T13:21:24Z
dc.date2010
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T20:49:48Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T20:49:48Z
dc.identifierPEREIRA, Ana Paula Braz; et al. The prevalence of schistosomiasis in school-aged children as an appropriate indicator of its prevalence in the community. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, v.105, n.4, p.563-569, July 2010.
dc.identifier0074-0276
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/21107
dc.identifier1678-8060
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8864624
dc.descriptionSchool-aged children (6-15 years) from the endemic area of Pernambuco were evaluated both as a target group for and an indicator of schistosomiasis control in the community. Parasitological data were drawn from baseline stool surveys of whole populations that were obtained to diagnose Schistosoma mansoni infection. Nineteen representative localities were selected for assessing the prevalence of schistosomiasis among individuals in the following age groups: 0-5, 6-15, 16-25, 26-40 and 41-80 years. For each locality, the prevalence in each age group was compared to that of the overall population using contingency table analysis. To select a reference group, the operational difficulties of conducting residential surveys were considered. School-aged children may be considered to be the group of choice as the reference group for the overall population for the following reasons: (i) the prevalence of schistosomiasis in this age group had the highest correlation with the prevalence in the overall population (r = 0.967), (ii) this age group is particularly vulnerable to infection and plays an important role in parasite transmission and (iii) school-aged children are the main target of the World Health Organization in terms of helminth control. The Schistosomiasis Control Program should consider school-aged children both as a reference group for assessing the need for intervention at the community level and as a target group for integrated health care actions of the Unified Health System that are focused on high-risk groups.
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectControle de Esquistossomose
dc.subjectCrianças em idade escolar
dc.subjectGrupo de referência
dc.subjectPernambuco
dc.subjectBrasil
dc.subjectGrupo alvo
dc.subjectschistosomiasis control
dc.subjectschool-aged children
dc.subjectreference group
dc.subjecttarget group
dc.subjectPernambuco
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.titleThe prevalence of schistosomiasis in school-aged children as an appropriate indicator of its prevalence in the community
dc.typeArticle


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