Efficacy of a mixture of neem seed oil (Azadirachta indica) and coconut oil (Cocos nucifera) for topical treatment of tungiasis. A randomized controlled, proof-of-principle study

• Lynne Elson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: lelson@kemri-wellcome.org

  Affiliations CGMRC, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom, Dabaso Tujengane CBO, Kilifi, Kenya

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-4459

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• Kithi Randu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dabaso Tujengane CBO, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Hermann Feldmeier,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Infection Immunology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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• Ulrike Fillinger

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

  Affiliation Human Health Theme, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya

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