Predictors for participation in mass-treatment and female genital schistosomiasis re-investigation, and the effect of praziquantel treatment in South African adolescents

• Takalani Girly Nemungadi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: takalaninemungadi@gmail.com

  Affiliation Discipline of Public Health Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4912-1570

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• Elisabeth Kleppa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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• Hashini Nilushika Galappaththi-Arachchige,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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• Pavitra Pillay,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Clinical Technology, Durban University of Technology, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Svein Gunnar Gundersen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Global Development and Planning, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway

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• Birgitte Jyding Vennervald,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Section for Parasitology and Aquatic Pathobiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Patricia Doris Ndhlovu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation BRIGHT Academy, Ugu District, South Africa

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• Myra Taylor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Discipline of Public Health Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Saloshni Naidoo,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Discipline of Public Health Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland

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

  Affiliations Discipline of Public Health Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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