Could a ring treatment approach be proposed to control Taenia solium transmission in a post elimination setting? A pilot study in Zambia

• Chiara Trevisan ,

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

  * E-mail: ctrevisan@itg.be

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Laboratory of Foodborne Parasitic Zoonoses, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4920-6750

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• Kabemba E. Mwape,

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

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Inge Van Damme,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory of Foodborne Parasitic Zoonoses, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium, Service Foodborne Pathogens, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium

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• Ganna Saelens,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Foodborne Parasitic Zoonoses, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Chishimba Mubanga,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture, Shibuyunji, Zambia

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• Mwelwa Chembensofu,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paraclinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Maxwell Masuku,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Seth O’Neal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

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• Gideon Zulu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Pierre Dorny,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Sarah Gabriël

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

  Affiliation Laboratory of Foodborne Parasitic Zoonoses, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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