Positive impact of preventative chemotherapy during a national helminth control program: Perception and KAP

Francisca Mutapi; Paradzayi Tagwireyi; Rivka Lim; Blessing Mangwanda; Charmaine Fourier; Takafira Mduluza

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008494

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Positive impact of preventative chemotherapy during a national helminth control program: Perception and KAP

Francisca Mutapi ,

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

* E-mail: f.mutapi@ed.ac.uk

Affiliations Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, NIHR Global Health Research Unit Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA) at the University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2537-3466

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Paradzayi Tagwireyi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Geo-information and Earth Observation Centre, University of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6065-918X

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Rivka Lim,

Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, NIHR Global Health Research Unit Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA) at the University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5247-7028

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Blessing Mangwanda,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Geo-information and Earth Observation Centre, University of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0744-3926

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Charmaine Fourier,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Takafira Mduluza

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5613-5014

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Positive impact of preventative chemotherapy during a national helminth control program: Perception and KAP

Francisca Mutapi,
Paradzayi Tagwireyi,
Rivka Lim,
Blessing Mangwanda,
Charmaine Fourier,
Takafira Mduluza

Published: August 24, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008494

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