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Intestinal schistosomiasis of Ijinga Island, north-western Tanzania: prevalence, intensity of infection, hepatosplenic morbidities and their associated factors

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4451-z

Published Online: 2019-10-07

Published Print: 2019-12

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Mueller, Andreas

Fuss, Antje

Ziegler, Uwe

Kaatano, Godfrey M.

Mazigo, Humphrey D.
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Article History

Received: 24 May 2019

Accepted: 10 September 2019

First Online: 7 October 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical approval was obtained from the National Institutional Ethical Review Board (Cert. no.MR/53/100/434), Lake Zone Institutional Review Board under the National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania. Further ethical approval was thought from the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ethical Review Committee (cert. no. CREC/156/2016). The study received government authorization from the regional and district administrative authorities of Mwanza region and Magu district. Swahili translated consent and assent (for children aged 8–16 years) were used to obtained participant’s permission to participate in the study. Parental written informed consent was thought for all the children aged 3–16 years who participated in the study. For illiterate participants, a thumb print was used to sign the assent and consent form after they received a clear oral description of the study objectives and the treatment.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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