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Three stool samples collected over consecutive days were subjected to duplicate Kato-Katz thick smears each. A questionnaire was administered to collect village-specific information that is relevant for schistosomiasis transmission. Overall, 4,953 first graders (aged 5\u20138 years) and 7,011 school children (aged 9\u201312 years) had complete parasitologic data. The overall prevalence of <jats:italic>S. mansoni<\/jats:italic> was 5.4% among first graders and 22.1% in 9- to 12-year-old children. Open defecation was practiced in all villages. The current baseline findings will be important to better understand the dynamics of <jats:italic>S. mansoni<\/jats:italic> prevalence and intensity over the course of this trial that might be governed by village characteristics and specific treatment interventions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.15-0530","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,11,24]],"date-time":"2015-11-24T03:15:54Z","timestamp":1448334954000},"page":"352-360","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Sustaining the Control of Schistosoma mansoni in Western C\u00f4te d'Ivoire: Baseline Findings Before the Implementation of a Randomized Trial"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"94","author":[{"given":"Rufin K.","family":"Assar\u00e9","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eveline","family":"H\u00fcrlimann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mamadou","family":"Ouattara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nicaise A.","family":"N'Guessan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yves-Nathan T.","family":"Tian-Bi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ahoua","family":"Yapi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Patrick K.","family":"Yao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jean T.","family":"Coulibaly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stefanie","family":"Knopp","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eli\u00e9zer K.","family":"N'Goran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J\u00fcrg","family":"Utzinger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"2795","reference":[{"key":"ref1","series-title":"Lancet","first-page":"2197","article-title":"Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990\u20132010: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2010","volume":"380","author":"Murray","year":"2012"},{"key":"ref2","series-title":"PLoS Negl Trop Dis","first-page":"e2865","article-title":"The Global Burden of Disease study 2010: interpretation and implications for the neglected tropical diseases","volume":"8","author":"Hotez","year":"2014"},{"key":"ref3","series-title":"Wkly Epidemiol Rec","first-page":"25","article-title":"Schistosomiasis: number of people treated worldwide in 2013","volume":"90","author":"WHO","year":"2015"},{"key":"ref4","series-title":"Acta Trop","first-page":"125","article-title":"Quantification of clinical morbidity associated with schistosome infection in sub-Saharan Africa","volume":"86","author":"van der Werf","year":"2003"},{"key":"ref5","series-title":"WHO Tech Rep Ser","first-page":"1","article-title":"The control of schistosomiasis. 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