A pilot study of dimeticone oils versus sodium carbonate treatment for tungiasis: A randomized cohort trial in Homa Bay County, Kenya

• Kana Suzuki ,

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

  * E-mail: ksuzuki@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation School ofTropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2930-5365

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• Yasuhiko Kamiya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School ofTropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Chris Smith,

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

  Affiliations School ofTropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Satoshi Kaneko,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School ofTropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Ecoepidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Gordon Okomo,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ministry of Health Homa Bay County, Homa Bay, Kenya

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• Asiko Ongaya,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Evans Amukoye

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

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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