Burden and risk factors for Schistosoma mansoni infection among primary school children: A quantitative school-based cross-sectional survey in Busega district, Northern Tanzania

• George Ogweno,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Vivian Mushi ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vmushi31@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Department of Zoology and Wildlife Conservation, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9732-3057

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• Valeria Silvestri,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1560-1530

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• Witness Bonaventura,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Nyanda C. Justine,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7430-3931

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• Mololo Noah,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Maweni Regional Referral Hospital, Kigoma, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dodoma, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7258-4488

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• Furahini Yoram,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Hussein Mohamed,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Donath Tarimo

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

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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