Step towards elimination of Wuchereria bancrofti in Southwest Tanzania 10 years after mass drug administration with Albendazole and Ivermectin

Jonathan Mnkai; Thomas F. Marandu; Jacklina Mhidze; Agatha Urio; Lucas Maganga; Antelmo Haule; Godfrey Kavishe; Elizabeth Ntapara; Nhamo Chiwerengo; Petra Clowes; Sacha Horn; Maureen Mosoba; Wilfred Lazarus; Abdallah Ngenya; Akili Kalinga; Alex Debrah; Friedrich Rieß; Elmar Saathoff; Christof Geldmacher; Achim Hoerauf; Michael Hoelscher; Mkunde Chachage; Inge Kroidl

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0010044

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Step towards elimination of Wuchereria bancrofti in Southwest Tanzania 10 years after mass drug administration with Albendazole and Ivermectin

Jonathan Mnkai,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
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Thomas F. Marandu,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania, University of Dar es Salaam -Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences (UDSM-MCHAS), Mbeya, Tanzania
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Jacklina Mhidze,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
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Agatha Urio,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
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Lucas Maganga,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
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Antelmo Haule,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
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Godfrey Kavishe,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
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Elizabeth Ntapara,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
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Nhamo Chiwerengo,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
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Petra Clowes,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
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Sacha Horn,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
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Maureen Mosoba,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)–Headquarters, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Wilfred Lazarus,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)–Headquarters, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Abdallah Ngenya,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)–Headquarters, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Akili Kalinga,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)–Headquarters, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Alex Debrah,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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Friedrich Rieß,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany
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Elmar Saathoff,

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

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany
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Christof Geldmacher,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany
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Achim Hoerauf,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn-Cologne, Bonn, Germany, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, German-West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention (G-WAC), Partner Site Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Michael Hoelscher,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany
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Mkunde Chachage ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mkunde Chachage, Inge Kroidl

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mchachage@nimr-mmrc.org (MC); ikroidl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de (IK)

Affiliations National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania, University of Dar es Salaam -Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences (UDSM-MCHAS), Mbeya, Tanzania, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2196-1073

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Inge Kroidl

Contributed equally to this work with: Mkunde Chachage, Inge Kroidl

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: mchachage@nimr-mmrc.org (MC); ikroidl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de (IK)

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6949-346X

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Step towards elimination of Wuchereria bancrofti in Southwest Tanzania 10 years after mass drug administration with Albendazole and Ivermectin

Jonathan Mnkai,
Thomas F. Marandu,
Jacklina Mhidze,
Agatha Urio,
Lucas Maganga,
Antelmo Haule,
Godfrey Kavishe,
Elizabeth Ntapara,
Nhamo Chiwerengo,
Petra Clowes

Published: July 20, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010044

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