Background:To monitor the prevalenee of schistosomiasis in school-aged children(SAC),the National Bilharzia Control Program(PNLB)was set up by the Senegalese authorities;however,geographically isolated Bedik ethnic gr...Background:To monitor the prevalenee of schistosomiasis in school-aged children(SAC),the National Bilharzia Control Program(PNLB)was set up by the Senegalese authorities;however,geographically isolated Bedik ethnic groups that did not benefit from this program were found to be heavily infected with Schistosoma mansoni.This observation led us to implement a new schistosomiasis control program in 2008 under the aegis of the non-governmental organi-zation wLe KaTcedratwand in partnership with the PNLB/WHO to monitor the prevalence of schistosomiasis in this area.In the village of Assoni,where 100%of SAC were infected,analysis of the stools of pre-school-aged children(PSAC)showed that they were massively infected,so we decided to focus our program on them.展开更多
文摘Background:To monitor the prevalenee of schistosomiasis in school-aged children(SAC),the National Bilharzia Control Program(PNLB)was set up by the Senegalese authorities;however,geographically isolated Bedik ethnic groups that did not benefit from this program were found to be heavily infected with Schistosoma mansoni.This observation led us to implement a new schistosomiasis control program in 2008 under the aegis of the non-governmental organi-zation wLe KaTcedratwand in partnership with the PNLB/WHO to monitor the prevalence of schistosomiasis in this area.In the village of Assoni,where 100%of SAC were infected,analysis of the stools of pre-school-aged children(PSAC)showed that they were massively infected,so we decided to focus our program on them.
