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Factors associated with relevant knowledge of intestinal schistosomiasis and intention to participate in treatment campaigns: a cross sectional survey among school children at Ijinga Island on Lake Victoria, North-Western Tanzania

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-8091-4

Published Online: 2019-12-30

Published Print: 2019-12

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Authors

Parisi, Sandra

Mazigo, Humphrey D. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5219-6234
Kreibich, Saskia

Puchner, Karl

Kasang, Christa

Mueller, Andreas
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Article History

Received: 9 April 2019

Accepted: 16 December 2019

First Online: 30 December 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). Further permission was obtained from the district administrative and division authorities. Kiswahili translated informed consent forms were used to obtain parental consent for the children to participate in the study. To maintain confidentiality, all data collection tools were kept in a closed cabinet and whenever the data were accessed, only identification number of the participants were used to identify participants to ensure anonymity.

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: The authors declare that there are no competing interests.

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