School-aged Schistosoma mansoni infection levels after long-term programmatic control show failure to meet control programme targets and evidence of a persistent hotspot: evaluation of the FibroScHot trial baseline data

Fred Besigye; Candia Rowel; Moses Adriko; Fredrick J. Muyodi; John Joseph Kisakye; Rosemary Nalwanga; Birgitte J. Vennervald; Fred Nuwaha; Edridah M. Tukahebwa; Shona Wilson

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0012708

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School-aged Schistosoma mansoni infection levels after long-term programmatic control show failure to meet control programme targets and evidence of a persistent hotspot: evaluation of the FibroScHot trial baseline data

Fred Besigye,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Candia Rowel,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Moses Adriko,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Fredrick J. Muyodi,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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John Joseph Kisakye,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Rosemary Nalwanga,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Birgitte J. Vennervald,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section for Parasitology and Aquatic Pathobiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Fred Nuwaha,

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, New Mulago Hill, Mulago, Kampala, Uganda
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Edridah M. Tukahebwa,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Shona Wilson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sw320@cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5725-4376

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School-aged Schistosoma mansoni infection levels after long-term programmatic control show failure to meet control programme targets and evidence of a persistent hotspot: evaluation of the FibroScHot trial baseline data

Fred Besigye,
Candia Rowel,
Moses Adriko,
Fredrick J. Muyodi,
John Joseph Kisakye,
Rosemary Nalwanga,
Birgitte J. Vennervald,
Fred Nuwaha,
Edridah M. Tukahebwa,
Shona Wilson

Published: May 30, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012708

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