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Table 4 Reported symptoms related to Schistosoma mansoni (intestinal schistosomiasis)

From: Primary health care facilities capacity gaps regarding diagnosis, treatment and knowledge of schistosomiasis among healthcare workers in North-western Tanzania: a call to strengthen the horizontal system

Variable

n

%

Know about symptoms related to S. mansoni infection

  Yes

69

86.3

  No

11

13.7

Diarrhoea

  Yes

22

31.9

  No

47

68.1

Bloody stool

  Yes

54

78.3

  No

15

21.7

Abdominal pain

  Yes

57

82.6

  No

12

17.4

Hepatosplenomegaly

  Yes

18

26.1

  No

51

73.9

Oedema

  Yes

4

5.8

  No

65

94.2

Ascites

  Yes

20

28.9

  No

49

71.0

Haematemesis/blood vomiting

  Yes

25

36.2

  No

44

63.8

Anaemia

  Yes

14

20.3

  No

55

79.7

Asthenia

  Yes

4

5.8

  No

65

94.2