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The present study determined the prevalence and intensity of\n                      <jats:italic>Schistosoma mansoni<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection in a paediatric population on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in north-western Tanzania.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design, settings and participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional study was conducted among HIV-infected children aged 1\u201316 years on ART attending a Care and Treatment Clinic at Ukerewe Designated District Hospital, north-western Tanzania.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Single stool and urine samples were collected and screened for\n                      <jats:italic>S. mansoni<\/jats:italic>\n                      eggs and circulating cathodic antigen (CCA), using the Kato-Katz (KK) technique and point-of-care CCA (POC-CCA) rapid urine test, respectively.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 134 children with a median age of 10 years (IQR 7\u201312 years) participated in the study. Of these, 44.8% (60\/134) and 55.2% (74\/134) were female and male, respectively. The overall prevalence of\n                      <jats:italic>S. mansoni<\/jats:italic>\n                      based on the KK technique and POC-CCA rapid test were 10.7% (95% CI 5.9% to 18.4%) and 33.8% (95% CI 26.2% to 42.4%), respectively. The overall geometrical mean eggs per gram of faeces was 293.9 GM-epg (95%\u2009CI 123.3 to 700.9). A small proportion of the children had moderate (4.9%, 5\/103) and heavy (3.8%, 4\/103) intensity of infection.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Paediatric populations on ART are co-infected with\n                      <jats:italic>S. mansoni<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection. Screening and treatment of intestinal schistosomiasis at initiation of ART is recommended to reduce the risk of developing hepatosplenic disease, schistosomiasis-related immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome and the possible adverse effect of schistosomiasis on outcome of ART.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2019-029749","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,7,25]],"date-time":"2019-07-25T07:34:11Z","timestamp":1564040051000},"page":"e029749","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Prevalence and intensity of\n                    <i>Schistosoma mansoni<\/i>\n                    infection in pediatric populations on antiretroviral therapy in north-western Tanzania: a cross-sectional study"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Humphrey D","family":"Mazigo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, United Republic of Tanzania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Laurence","family":"Kirway","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatricts and Child Health, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, United Republic of Tanzania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Emmanuela Ausebio","family":"Ambrose","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Sciences, Bishop Nicodemus Hhando College of Health Scineces, Manyara, United Republic of Tanzania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,7,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025121600061529000_9.7.e029749.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0000412","article-title":"Neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: review of their prevalence, distribution, and disease burden","volume":"3","author":"Hotez","year":"2009","journal-title":"PLoS Negl Trop Dis"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Mazigo HD , Nuwaha F , Kinung\u2019hi SM , et al . 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