Fig 1.
The map of Mtama district showing the schools and water bodies visited for parasitological and malacological survey.
(The map was designed based on the data collected using Geographic Coordinate System (GPS) and mapped under GPS WGS 1984).
Fig 2.
Flow chart of sampling technique.
Fig 3.
The bifurcate cercariae shed by the snails collected in Mtama.
Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (n = 649).
Table 2.
Prevalence of macro and micro haematuria, urogenital schistosomiasis and intensity stratified according to socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (n = 649).
Table 3.
History of schistosomiasis sickness, treatment and self-reported uptake of praziquantel among the study participants (n = 649).
Table 4.
Knowledge on the urogenital schistosomiasis among study participants (n = 649).
Table 5.
Classification of knowledge levels according to socio-demographic characteristics (n = 649).
Fig 4.
Attitudes on urogenital schistosomiasis among the study participants.
Fig 5.
Practices on urogenital schistosomiasis among study participants.
Table 6.
Classification of attitudes and practices according to the social- demographic characteristics (n = 649).
Table 7.
Water, sanitation and hygiene status of the study participants (n = 649).
Table 8.
Factors associated with ongoing transmission of urogenital schistosomiasis among the study participants (n = 649).
Table 9.
Summary of the distribution of snails and prevalence of cercariae shedding per site (n = 947).