BMC Infectious Diseases (2019) 19:832 Intestinal schistosomiasis is highly endemic in Tanzania and mass drug administration (MDA) using praziquantel is the mainstay of the control program. However, the MDA program covers only school aged children and does not include neither adult individuals nor ... other public health measures. The Ijinga schistosomiasis project examines the impact of an intensified treatment protocol with praziquantel MDA in combination with additional public health interventions. It aims to investigate the feasibility of eliminating intestinal schistosomiasis in a highly endemic African setting using an integrated community-based approach. more

Acta Trop. 2020 Mar:203:105289. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105289 The role of malacological surveys to identify potential transmission sites for schistosomiasis control in this era of mass drug administration have received little attention. In that context, the present study was conducted to ... determine the abundance, identity and disease transmission potential of intermediate host snails for intestinal schistosomiasis on Ijinga Island, north-western Tanzania. more

BMC Infectious Diseases (2024) 24:1102 Communities living along the shoreline and on the islands of Lake Victoria in northwestern Tanzania remain endemic for schistosomiasis and suffer from the life-threatening morbidities associated with the disease.