Observed prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni in Africa based on the current progress of the newly developed, open-access global database for mapping, control, and surveillance of neglected tropical diseases.
The data included 4604 georeferenced survey locations. Prevalence equal to 0% in yellow dots, low infection rates (0.1–9.9%) in orange dots, moderate infection rates (10.0–49.9%) in light brown dots and high infection rates (≥50%) in brown dots. Cut-offs follow WHO recommendations.
Published in Hu¨ rlimann E, Schur N, Boutsika K, Stensgaard A-S, Laserna de Himpsl M, et al. (2011) Toward an Open-Access Global Database for Mapping, Control, and
Surveillance of Neglected Tropical Diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5(12): e1404.