Schistosomiasis outbreak during COVID-19 pandemic in Takum, Northeast Nigeria: Analysis of infection status and associated risk factors

Francisca Olamiju; Obiageli J. Nebe; Hammed Mogaji; Ayodele Marcus; Perpetua Amodu–Agbi; Rita O. Urude; Ebenezer Apake; Olatunwa Olamiju; Chimdinma Okoronkwo; Ijeoma Achu; Okezie Mpama

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0262524

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Schistosomiasis outbreak during COVID-19 pandemic in Takum, Northeast Nigeria: Analysis of infection status and associated risk factors

Francisca Olamiju,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mission To Save The Helpless (MITOSATH), Jos, Nigeria
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Obiageli J. Nebe,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Disease Unit, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria
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Hammed Mogaji ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mogajihammed@gmail.com

Affiliation Parasitology and Epidemiology Unit, Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7330-2892

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Ayodele Marcus,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mission To Save The Helpless (MITOSATH), Jos, Nigeria
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Perpetua Amodu–Agbi,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Disease Unit, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria
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Rita O. Urude,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Disease Unit, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria
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Ebenezer Apake,

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

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Disease Unit, Ministry of Health, Jalingo, Taraba, Nigeria
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Olatunwa Olamiju,

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

Affiliation Mission To Save The Helpless (MITOSATH), Jos, Nigeria
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Chimdinma Okoronkwo,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mission To Save The Helpless (MITOSATH), Jos, Nigeria
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Ijeoma Achu,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mission To Save The Helpless (MITOSATH), Jos, Nigeria
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Okezie Mpama

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mission To Save The Helpless (MITOSATH), Jos, Nigeria
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Schistosomiasis outbreak during COVID-19 pandemic in Takum, Northeast Nigeria: Analysis of infection status and associated risk factors

Francisca Olamiju,
Obiageli J. Nebe,
Hammed Mogaji,
Ayodele Marcus,
Perpetua Amodu–Agbi,
Rita O. Urude,
Ebenezer Apake,
Olatunwa Olamiju,
Chimdinma Okoronkwo,
Ijeoma Achu

Published: January 21, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262524

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