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Research Article
Establishing a filarial clinical research platform in a resource-limited setting: Lessons and experiences from Tanzania
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Ndekya M. Oriyo ,
Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: ndekya@gmail.com
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Michael A. Munga,
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Abdallah Ngenya,
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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John Ogondiek,
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Wilfred Mandara,
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Winfrida Shirima,
Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Jonathan Akyoo,
Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Ruth Laizer,
Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Moshi, Tanzania
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Mathias Kamugisha,
Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Hanifa Kapera,
Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Rafikieli Ngwatu,
Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Gracia Sanga,
Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Jacklina Mhidze,
Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Antelmo Haule,
Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Anja Feichtner,
Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany
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Haile Mposheleye,
Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Farida A. Mwanga,
Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Sokoine Regional Referral Hospital, Lindi, Tanzania
⨯ - Hatima A. Chinguile,
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Alexander J. Makalla,
Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Sokoine Regional Referral Hospital, Lindi, Tanzania
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Peter Mabenga,
Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Max Demetrius,
Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Maureen M. Mosoba,
Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Dennis Moshi,
Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Yusuph Mgaya,
Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Linda Batsa Debrah,
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana
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Inge Kroidl,
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Neglected Tropical Diseases, Partner Site, Munich, Germany
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Ute Klarmann-Schulz,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn-Cologne, Germany, Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology (IMBIE), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Samuel Wanji,
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
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Alexander Yaw Debrah,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana
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Achim Hoerauf,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Neglected Tropical Diseases, Partner Site, Bonn-Cologne, Bonn, Germany, German-West African Center for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention (G-WAC), Partner Site, Bonn, Germany
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Akili Kalinga,
Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Upendo Mwingira
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation RTI International, Washington, DC, United States of America
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Establishing a filarial clinical research platform in a resource-limited setting: Lessons and experiences from Tanzania
- Ndekya M. Oriyo,
- Michael A. Munga,
- Abdallah Ngenya,
- John Ogondiek,
- Wilfred Mandara,
- Winfrida Shirima,
- Jonathan Akyoo,
- Ruth Laizer,
- Mathias Kamugisha,
- Hanifa Kapera
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- Published: February 9, 2026
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013983