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We collected a stool and a urine sample for parasitological examination. Urine filtration and duplicate Kato\u2010Katz thick smears were used for the diagnosis of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SCH<\/jats:styled-content>. Health centres were evaluated using a structured questionnaire.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In total, 526 children participated in the study and the overall prevalence of <jats:italic>Schistosoma mansoni<\/jats:italic> infection was 8.9% (95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 3.5\u201313.2) in both districts. The prevalence was higher in Mosango (11.7%; 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 8.9\u201314.8) than Yasa Bonga district (6.2%; 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 1.1\u201311.4). Urine filtration showed that <jats:italic>Schistosoma haematobium<\/jats:italic> infection was not present. The combined <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">STH<\/jats:styled-content> infection prevalence was 58.1% in both districts; hookworm infection was the most common <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">STH<\/jats:styled-content> found in 52.9% (95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 29.3\u201362.4) of subjects, followed by <jats:italic>Ascaris lumbricoides<\/jats:italic> 9.3% (95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 5.8\u201315.5) and <jats:italic>Trichuris trichiura<\/jats:italic> 2.1% (95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 0.9\u20134.9). Mixed <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">STH<\/jats:styled-content> infections were observed as well as <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SCH<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">STH<\/jats:styled-content> coinfection.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Further mapping of both <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SCH<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">STH<\/jats:styled-content> burden is needed, and coverage of preventive chemotherapy in school\u2010aged children should be increased.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/tmi.12965","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,29]],"date-time":"2017-08-29T17:22:47Z","timestamp":1504027367000},"page":"1442-1450","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Assessment of schistosomiasis and soil\u2010transmitted helminths prevalence in school\u2010aged children and opportunities for integration of control in local health services in Kwilu Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"R.","family":"Inocencio da Luz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Antwerp Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S.","family":"Linsuke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut National de Recherche Biom\u00e9dicale Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"P.","family":"Lutumba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut National de Recherche Biom\u00e9dicale Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"E.","family":"Hasker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Antwerp Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"M.","family":"Boelaert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Antwerp Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","volume-title":"Lutte Contre les Helminthiases Ches les Enfants D\u2019\u00e2ge Scolaire","author":"Montresor A","year":"2011"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0000412"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_1","volume-title":"Schistosomiasis: Progress Report 2001\u20102011, Strategic Plan 2012\u20102020","author":"World Health Organisation","year":"2013"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_5_1","first-page":"585","article-title":"Schistosomiasis and soil\u2010transmitted helminthiases: number of people treated in 2015","volume":"91","author":"World Health Organisation","year":"2016","journal-title":"Wkly Epidemiol Rec"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0031182003003421"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_7_1","unstructured":"Global Atlas of Helminth Infections[cited 9\/09\/2015]. 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