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Schistosoma mansoni IgG antibody response and Kato-Katz infection among pre-school aged children in Mbita, Western Kenya 2012-2014

Abstract

We compared serological measures of transmission based on antibody response to S. mansoni soluble egg antigen (SEA) with stool-based measures of infection among 3,663 preschool-age children in an area endemic for S. mansoni in western Kenya. We estimated force of infection among children using the seroconversion rate examined how it varied geographically and by age.