Risk factors for scabies, tungiasis, and tinea infections among schoolchildren in southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional Bayesian multilevel model

Hiwot Hailu Amare; Bernt Lindtjorn

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009816

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Risk factors for scabies, tungiasis, and tinea infections among schoolchildren in southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional Bayesian multilevel model

Hiwot Hailu Amare ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: hiwothailu14@yahoo.com

Affiliations School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9116-274X

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Bernt Lindtjorn

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Risk factors for scabies, tungiasis, and tinea infections among schoolchildren in southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional Bayesian multilevel model

Hiwot Hailu Amare,
Bernt Lindtjorn

Published: October 6, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009816

About the Authors

Hiwot Hailu Amare

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: hiwothailu14@yahoo.com

Affiliations School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9116-274X

Bernt Lindtjorn

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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