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Correction: Prevalence, intensity and associated risk factors of soil-transmitted helminth and schistosome infections in Kenya: Impact assessment after five rounds of mass drug administration in Kenya

  • Collins Okoyo,
  • Suzy J. Campbell,
  • Katherine Williams,
  • Elses Simiyu,
  • Chrispin Owaga,
  • Charles Mwandawiro

Table 2 contains some incorrect values regarding the number of schools and children examined in previous surveys. These errors affected the findings as reported in Table 6. Please see the correct Tables 2 and 6 below.

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Table 2. Overall prevalence % (95%CI), mean intensity epg (95%CI) of infections and relative reductions (RR) % (p-value) among school children in Kenya after five rounds of MDA.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010550.t001

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Table 6. Prevalence % (95%CI) and year 1 (Y1) to year 6 (Y6) relative reductions (RR) % (p-value) of light, moderate and heavy intensity of infections among school children in Kenya after five rounds of MDA.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010550.t002

Reference

  1. 1. Okoyo C, Campbell SJ, Williams K, Simiyu E, Owaga C, Mwandawiro C (2020) Prevalence, intensity and associated risk factors of soil-transmitted helminth and schistosome infections in Kenya: Impact assessment after five rounds of mass drug administration in Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 14(10): e0008604. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008604 pmid:33027264

Citation: Okoyo C, Campbell SJ, Williams K, Simiyu E, Owaga C, Mwandawiro C (2022) Correction: Prevalence, intensity and associated risk factors of soil-transmitted helminth and schistosome infections in Kenya: Impact assessment after five rounds of mass drug administration in Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 16(6): e0010550. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010550

Published: June 15, 2022

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