Assessment of environmental contamination with soil-transmitted helminths life stages at school compounds, households and open markets in Jimma Town, Ethiopia

• Bamlaku Tadege ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: abelbamlaku@yahoo.com (BT); bruno.levecke@ugent.be (BL)

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia, School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Zeleke Mekonnen,

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

  Affiliations School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Molecular Biology and NTDs Research Center, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Daniel Dana,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Molecular Biology and NTDs Research Center, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Bizuwarek Sharew,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Eden Dereje,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Molecular Biology and NTDs Research Center, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Eskindir Loha,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0003-2734

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• Jaco J. Verweij,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Microvida, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands

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• Stijn Casaert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Johnny Vlaminck,

  Roles Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3601-9825

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• Mio Ayana,

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

  Affiliations School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium, Molecular Biology and NTDs Research Center, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Bruno Levecke

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

  * E-mail: abelbamlaku@yahoo.com (BT); bruno.levecke@ugent.be (BL)

  Affiliation Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8912-5595

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