Prevalence and factors associated with Tungiasis among school age children in Sub Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Gete Berihun; Belay Desye; Leykun Berhanu; Chala Daba; Zebader Walle; Abebe Kassa Geto

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0321513

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Prevalence and factors associated with Tungiasis among school age children in Sub Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Gete Berihun ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: gete_berihun@dmu.edu.et, geteberihun@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5511-2072

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Belay Desye,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia
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Leykun Berhanu,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2998-0917

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Chala Daba,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4906-9610

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Zebader Walle,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia
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Abebe Kassa Geto

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Woldia University, Woldia, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2663-2204

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Prevalence and factors associated with Tungiasis among school age children in Sub Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Gete Berihun,
Belay Desye,
Leykun Berhanu,
Chala Daba,
Zebader Walle,
Abebe Kassa Geto

Published: May 8, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321513

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