Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of patients with advanced schistosomiasis in Hunan Province, China.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study was approved by the Ethical Review Committee of the School of Public Health, Fudan University, China. All patients gave oral or written consent for data collection and analysis when they registered in the medical assistance program, and the analysis was fully anonymized. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This study was supported by the Key Research and Development Plan of Hunan Province (Grant Numbers: 2021SK2032). The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication."