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The aim of this study was to determine prevalence of<jats:italic>Schistosoma mansoni<\/jats:italic>infection and associated risk factors among children in 4 health areas of Kisantu health zone.<jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>. A cross-sectional study was carried out in 4 health areas of Kisantu health zone. 388 children randomly selected were screened for<jats:italic>S. mansoni<\/jats:italic>using Kato Katz technique and the sociodemographic data was collected. Data were entered and encoded using software EpiData version 3.1. Analysis was performed using SPSS version 21 software.<jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. The prevalence of<jats:italic>S. mansoni<\/jats:italic>was 26.5% (103); almost two-thirds (63) (61.2%) had light infection intensity. A significant association was found between<jats:italic>S. mansoni<\/jats:italic>infection and age (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">0.005<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>), educational level (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">0.001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>), and practices of swimming\/bathing (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">0.001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>) and using water from river\/lake\/stream for domestic use (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M4\"><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">0.001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>). Kipasa health area had high prevalence of schistosomiasis (64.6%) (64\/99; 95% CI 54.4\u201374.0) compared to other health areas.<jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>.<jats:italic>Schistosoma mansoni<\/jats:italic>infection still remains a public health problem in these areas. There is a need to promote health education and promote behavioral changes in children towards schistosomiasis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2016\/6596095","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,8,7]],"date-time":"2016-08-07T17:01:34Z","timestamp":1470589294000},"page":"1-5","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Prevalence of<i>Schistosoma mansoni<\/i>Infection in Four Health Areas of Kisantu Health Zone, Democratic Republic of the Congo"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2016","author":[{"given":"R.","family":"Khonde Kumbu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China"},{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, P.O. 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