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Here, we used highly sensitive molecular diagnostic methods to investigate <jats:italic>Schistosoma mansoni<\/jats:italic> prevalence and transmission along the southern shoreline of Lake Malawi, five years post-disease outbreak.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n<jats:title>Methodology and principal findings<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Faecal and urine samples were provided by school-aged children situated along the southern shoreline of Lake Malawi. Kato-Katz faecal-egg microscopy and point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) rapid diagnostic tests were then performed to diagnose infection with <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>mansoni<\/jats:italic>. Urine-egg microscopy was also used to diagnose infection with <jats:italic>Schistosoma haematobium<\/jats:italic>. In addition, <jats:italic>Schistosoma<\/jats:italic> miracidia were isolated from faecal material using a standard miracidium hatching technique. A two-step real-time PCR approach was then used to diagnose infection with <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>mansoni<\/jats:italic> using DNA isolated from faecal samples. Furthermore, isolated miracidia were genotyped to species level through PCR and Sanger sequencing. Phylogenetic analyses were then carried out to identify which previously defined <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>mansoni cox<\/jats:italic>1 lineage group <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>mansoni<\/jats:italic> miracidia were most closely related to.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p>The measured prevalence of <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>mansoni<\/jats:italic> infection varied considerably depending on which diagnostic assay was used. When compared to real-time PCR, faecal-egg microscopy had a sensitivity of 9% and a specificity of 100%. When POC-CCA \u2018trace\u2019 results were considered positive, POC-CCA had a sensitivity of 73% and a specificity of 81% when compared to real-time PCR. However, when considered negative, POC-CCA sensitivity was reduced to 56%, whereas specificity was increased to 90%. In addition, a high degree of <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>haematobium<\/jats:italic> DNA was detected in DNA isolated from faecal samples and motile <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>haematobium<\/jats:italic> miracidia were recovered from faecal samples. <jats:italic>Schistosoma mansoni<\/jats:italic> miracidia were closely related to two independent <jats:italic>cox<\/jats:italic>1 lineage groups, suggesting multiple recent introduction and colonisation events originating from surrounding east African countries.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Conclusions and significance<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Intestinal schistosomiasis is now highly prevalent along the southern shoreline of Lake Malawi just five years post-disease outbreak. In addition, a high prevalence of urogenital schistosomiasis persists. The revision of ongoing schistosomiasis control programmes in this area is therefore recommended. 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