Prevalence, intensity, and risk factors of schistosomiasis and intestinal parasitic infections among primary school children in northern Uganda: Implications for public health interventions

John Paul Byagamy; Robert Opiro; Harriet Angwech; Margaret Nyafwono; Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga; Richard Echodu; Emmanuel Igwaro Odongo-Aginya

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013827

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Prevalence, intensity, and risk factors of schistosomiasis and intestinal parasitic infections among primary school children in northern Uganda: Implications for public health interventions

John Paul Byagamy ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jonepaul2010@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Environment and Natural Resources Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6288-0208

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Robert Opiro,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda
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Harriet Angwech,

Roles Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda
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Margaret Nyafwono,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environment and Natural Resources Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda
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Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga,

Roles Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda
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Richard Echodu,

Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda
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Emmanuel Igwaro Odongo-Aginya

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda
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Prevalence, intensity, and risk factors of schistosomiasis and intestinal parasitic infections among primary school children in northern Uganda: Implications for public health interventions

John Paul Byagamy,
Robert Opiro,
Harriet Angwech,
Margaret Nyafwono,
Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga,
Richard Echodu,
Emmanuel Igwaro Odongo-Aginya

Published: December 17, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013827

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