Tungiasis among children in Kenya is associated with poor nutrition status, absenteeism, poor school performance and high impact on quality of life

• Lynne Elson ,

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

  * E-mail: lynne.elson@gmail.com

  Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust, Kilifi, Kenya, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2264-4459

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• Christopher Kamau,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, Muranga, Kenya

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• Sammy Koech,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, Kericho, Kenya

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• Christopher Muthama,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, Makueni, Kenya

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• George Gachomba,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, Nakuru, Kenya

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• Erastus Sinoti,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, Samburu, Kenya

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• Elwyn Chondo,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Eliud Mburu,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, Kajiado, Kenya

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• Miriam Wakio,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, Taita Taveta, Kenya

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• Jimmy Lore,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, Turkana, Kenya

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• Marta Maia,

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

  Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust, Kilifi, Kenya, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Ifedayo Adetifa,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust, Kilifi, Kenya, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Benedict Orindi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Phillip Bejon,

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

  Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust, Kilifi, Kenya, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Ulrike Fillinger

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

  Affiliation International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

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