Trichuris trichiura infection and its relation to environmental factors in Mbeya region, Tanzania: A cross-sectional, population-based study

Kirsi M. Manz; Petra Clowes; Inge Kroidl; Dickens O. Kowuor; Christof Geldmacher; Nyanda E. Ntinginya; Leonard Maboko; Michael Hoelscher; Elmar Saathoff

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0175137

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Trichuris trichiura infection and its relation to environmental factors in Mbeya region, Tanzania: A cross-sectional, population-based study

Kirsi M. Manz ,

* E-mail: manz@ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliations Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7740-4076

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Petra Clowes,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Center (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
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Inge Kroidl,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Center (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany
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Dickens O. Kowuor,

Affiliation NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Center (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
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Christof Geldmacher,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany
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Nyanda E. Ntinginya,

Affiliation NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Center (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
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Leonard Maboko,

Affiliation NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Center (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
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Michael Hoelscher,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Center (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany
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Elmar Saathoff

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany
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Trichuris trichiura infection and its relation to environmental factors in Mbeya region, Tanzania: A cross-sectional, population-based study

Kirsi M. Manz,
Petra Clowes,
Inge Kroidl,
Dickens O. Kowuor,
Christof Geldmacher,
Nyanda E. Ntinginya,
Leonard Maboko,
Michael Hoelscher,
Elmar Saathoff

Published: April 6, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175137

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