S. haematobium as a Common Cause of Genital Morbidity in Girls: A Cross-sectional Study of Children in South Africa

• Ingrid Elise Amlie Hegertun ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ingrid Elise Amlie Hegertun, Kristin Marie Sulheim Gundersen

  Affiliations Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases Ullevaal, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Kristin Marie Sulheim Gundersen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ingrid Elise Amlie Hegertun, Kristin Marie Sulheim Gundersen

  * E-mail: kmsgundersen@gmail.com

  Affiliations Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases Ullevaal, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Elisabeth Kleppa,

  Affiliations Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases Ullevaal, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Siphosenkosi Gift Zulu,

  Affiliation School of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Svein Gunnar Gundersen,

  Affiliations Research Department, Sorlandet Hospital HF, Kristiansand, Norway, Institute for Development Studies, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway

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• Myra Taylor,

  Affiliation School of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Jane D. Kvalsvig,

  Affiliation School of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland

  Affiliations Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases Ullevaal, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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