Prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections among school-aged children in five districts in Uganda

Benjamin Tinkitina; Prudence Beinamaryo; Hilda Kyarisiima; Betty Nabatte; Moses Arinaitwe; Alfred Mubangizi; Paul Emerson; Kristin M. Sullivan

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0012324

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Prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections among school-aged children in five districts in Uganda

Benjamin Tinkitina ,

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

* E-mail: tinkitina@gmail.com

Affiliation Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9572-9413

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Prudence Beinamaryo,

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

Affiliation Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Hilda Kyarisiima,

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

Affiliation Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Betty Nabatte,

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

Affiliation Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Moses Arinaitwe,

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

Affiliation Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Alfred Mubangizi,

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

Affiliation Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Paul Emerson,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Children Without Worms, The Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America
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Kristin M. Sullivan

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

Affiliation Children Without Worms, The Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America
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Prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections among school-aged children in five districts in Uganda

Benjamin Tinkitina,
Prudence Beinamaryo,
Hilda Kyarisiima,
Betty Nabatte,
Moses Arinaitwe,
Alfred Mubangizi,
Paul Emerson,
Kristin M. Sullivan

Published: August 1, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012324

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