A national geostatistical survey for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Zimbabwe following interruption of preventive chemotherapy
Nicholas Midzi, Masceline J. Mutsaka-Makuvaza, Isaac Phiri, Rebecca Mwabvu, Kennedy Mubaiwa, Elyse Greenblatt, Alison Ower, Karen Palacio, Neerav Dhanani, Claudio Fronterre, Fiona M Fleming, Rachel L Pullan · 2026
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Nicholas Midzi and a team of co-authors surveyed Zimbabwe schoolchildren for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted worms after a three-year pandemic pause in the mass drug treatments that had driven infection below elimination thresholds. Their nationwide 2021 survey tested urine and stool from more than eleven thousand people and modeled prevalence down to ward level.
Schistosomiasis had rebounded to a national prevalence of seven percent, with heavy infections again above the one percent elimination benchmark and one parasite species resurging in pockets. Worm infections also rose, though they stayed low. The maps showed nearly every ward above two percent prevalence for schistosomiasis and more than a third of wards again needing annual treatment. The authors warn that interrupting preventive chemotherapy lets these diseases claw back years of progress with sobering speed.
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| CREATOR | Nicholas Midzi, Masceline J. Mutsaka-Makuvaza, Isaac Phiri, Rebecca Mwabvu, Kennedy Mubaiwa, Elyse Greenblatt, Alison Ower, Karen Palacio, Neerav Dhanani, Claudio Fronterre, Fiona M Fleming, Rachel L Pullan |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |