A School-Based Cross-Sectional Survey of Adverse Events following Co-Administration of Albendazole and Praziquantel for Preventive Chemotherapy against Urogenital Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Kwale County, Kenya

Sammy M. Njenga; Paul M. Ng’ang’a; Mariam T. Mwanje; Fatuma S. Bendera; Moses J. Bockarie

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088315

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A School-Based Cross-Sectional Survey of Adverse Events following Co-Administration of Albendazole and Praziquantel for Preventive Chemotherapy against Urogenital Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Kwale County, Kenya

Sammy M. Njenga ,

* E-mail: snjenga@kemri.org

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control (ESACIPAC), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Mbagathi Road, Nairobi, Kenya
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Paul M. Ng’ang’a,

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases & Neglected Tropical Diseases (DVBD-NTD), Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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Mariam T. Mwanje,

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases & Neglected Tropical Diseases (DVBD-NTD), Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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Fatuma S. Bendera,

Affiliation Environmental Health Department, Kwale County, Kenya
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Moses J. Bockarie

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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A School-Based Cross-Sectional Survey of Adverse Events following Co-Administration of Albendazole and Praziquantel for Preventive Chemotherapy against Urogenital Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Kwale County, Kenya

Sammy M. Njenga,
Paul M. Ng’ang’a,
Mariam T. Mwanje,
Fatuma S. Bendera,
Moses J. Bockarie

Published: February 10, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088315

About the Authors

Sammy M. Njenga

* E-mail: snjenga@kemri.org

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control (ESACIPAC), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Mbagathi Road, Nairobi, Kenya

Paul M. Ng’ang’a

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases & Neglected Tropical Diseases (DVBD-NTD), Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya

Mariam T. Mwanje

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases & Neglected Tropical Diseases (DVBD-NTD), Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya

Fatuma S. Bendera

Affiliation Environmental Health Department, Kwale County, Kenya

Moses J. Bockarie

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMN MJB. Performed the experiments: SMN FSB. Analyzed the data: SMN PMN. Wrote the paper: SMN PMN. Critically revised the manuscript for intellectual content: MTM MJB.

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