Reduction of tungiasis prevalence, intensity, and morbidity during a two-year long community-based tungiasis control project in a hyperendemic region in Karamoja, Uganda

Hannah McNeilly; Francis Mutebi; Felix Reichert; Marlene Thielecke; Mike L. Banalyaki; George M. Mukone; Rebecca Arono; Hermann Feldmeier

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013149

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Reduction of tungiasis prevalence, intensity, and morbidity during a two-year long community-based tungiasis control project in a hyperendemic region in Karamoja, Uganda

Hannah McNeilly ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: hannah.mcneilly@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Edinburgh Medical School: Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0778-0869

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Francis Mutebi,

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

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Felix Reichert,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Marlene Thielecke,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Charité Center for Global Health, Institute of International Health, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany
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Mike L. Banalyaki,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Innovations for Tropical Disease Elimination (IFOTRODE), Mukono, Uganda
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George M. Mukone,

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

Affiliation Innovations for Tropical Disease Elimination (IFOTRODE), Mukono, Uganda
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Rebecca Arono,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Innovations for Tropical Disease Elimination (IFOTRODE), Mukono, Uganda
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Hermann Feldmeier

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

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany
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Reduction of tungiasis prevalence, intensity, and morbidity during a two-year long community-based tungiasis control project in a hyperendemic region in Karamoja, Uganda

Hannah McNeilly,
Francis Mutebi,
Felix Reichert,
Marlene Thielecke,
Mike L. Banalyaki,
George M. Mukone,
Rebecca Arono,
Hermann Feldmeier

Published: June 5, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013149

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