A systematic review and meta-analysis quantifying schistosomiasis infection burden in pre-school aged children (PreSAC) in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000–2020

• Chester Kalinda ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ckalinda@gmail.com, ckalinda@unam.na, KalindaC@ukzn.ac.za

  Affiliations University of Namibia, Katima Mulilo, Namibia, Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8144-0248

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• Tafadzwa Mindu,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Moses John Chimbari

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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