Conducting epidemiological studies on snakebite in nomadic populations: A methodological paper

George O. Oluoch; Denis Otundo; Seth Nyawacha; Derick Ongeri; Monica Smith; Vivianne Meta; Anna Trelfa; Sayem Ahmed; Robert A. Harrison; David G. Lalloo; Ymkje Stienstra; Frank-Leonel Tianyi

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0011792

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Conducting epidemiological studies on snakebite in nomadic populations: A methodological paper

George O. Oluoch,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Centre, Kenya Institute of Primate Research, Ministry of Health, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Denis Otundo,

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

Affiliation Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Centre, Kenya Institute of Primate Research, Ministry of Health, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya
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Seth Nyawacha,

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation LocateIT Limited, Galana Road, Nairobi, Kenya
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Derick Ongeri,

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation LocateIT Limited, Galana Road, Nairobi, Kenya
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Monica Smith,

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation LocateIT Limited, Galana Road, Nairobi, Kenya
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Vivianne Meta,

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

Affiliation LocateIT Limited, Galana Road, Nairobi, Kenya
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Anna Trelfa,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Sayem Ahmed,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Robert A. Harrison,

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

Affiliations Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Centre, Kenya Institute of Primate Research, Ministry of Health, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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David G. Lalloo,

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

Affiliations Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Ymkje Stienstra,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Frank-Leonel Tianyi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: frank.tianyi@lstmed.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5687-5285

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Conducting epidemiological studies on snakebite in nomadic populations: A methodological paper

George O. Oluoch,
Denis Otundo,
Seth Nyawacha,
Derick Ongeri,
Monica Smith,
Vivianne Meta,
Anna Trelfa,
Sayem Ahmed,
Robert A. Harrison,
David G. Lalloo

Published: December 28, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011792

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