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This study aimed to compare different sampling approaches to guide mapping and preventive chemotherapy. A cross-sectional parasitological survey was conducted from August to September 2022 in the health districts of Biankouma, Ouaninou, and Touba in the western part of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire. The prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma mansoni infection were assessed in children aged 5\u201314 years using three sampling approaches. The first approach involved a random selection of 50% of the villages in the health districts. The second approach involved a random selection of half of the villages selected in approach 1, thus constituting 25% of the villages in the health district. The third approach consisted of randomly selecting 15 villages from villages selected by approach 2 in each health district. The overall prevalence of S. mansoni was 23.5% (95% confidence interval (CI): 19.9\u201327.6%), 21.6% (95% CI: 17.1\u201326.8%), and 18.3% (95% CI: 11.9\u201327.1%) with the first, second, and third approach, respectively. The respective geometric mean S. mansoni infection intensity was 117.9 eggs per gram of stool (EPG) (95% CI: 109.3\u2013127.3 EPG), 104.6 EPG (95% CI: 93.8\u2013116.6 EPG), and 94.6 EPG (95% CI 79.5\u2013112.7 EPG). 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