Characteristics of 30 eligible studies of educational or cognitive loss in relation to Schistosoma species infectiona.

Pooled estimate of Schistosoma infection or non-treatment on educational and cognitive loss in school-aged children from schistosomiasis-endemic regions: Stratified by study...

Quality of evidence from individual studies included in the meta-analysisa.

Pooled estimates of Schistosoma infection/non-treatment effects on educational/cognitive loss–Evaluation of heterogeneity and publication bias.

BackgroundBy means of meta-analysis of information from all relevant epidemiologic studies, we examined the hypothesis that Schistosoma infection in school-aged children (SAC)...