Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Schistosomiasis is a common helminthic infection in the tropics and subtropics, particularly sub-Saharan African countries including Ethiopia. In these counties, Schistosoma mansoni significant public health problem due to risk of reinfection recurrent disease despite implementing several rounds preventive chemotherapy. This systematic review meta-analysis aimed at assessing pooled prevalence schistosomiasis Methods The PRISMA guidelines were followed perform meta-analysis. Published studies from January 1999 June 2020 searched Medline, PubMed, Google Scholar, EMBASE, HINARI, Cochrane Library using key words including: “prevalence”, “incidence”, “schistosomiasis” “Bilharziasis”, “Bilharzia”, “ S. “, “Ethiopia”. Heterogeneity included was assessed Cochran’s Q test I 2 statistics while publication bias Egger’s test. Results Ninety-four Ethiopia 18.0% (95%CI: 14.0–23.0). southern region had higher 25.9% (995% CI, 14.9–41.1) than national prevalence. burden also average rural areas among men with 20.2% (95% 13.2–28.5) 28.5% (95%CI, 22.7,35.1), respectively. trend analysis showed that decreased over past 15 years, potentially because repeated Conclusion unveiled moderate Targeted treatment at-risk population groups ad high coupled implementation integrated vector control strategies are critical address Schistosomiasis.