Konan, Cyrille K.
Tian-Bi, Yves-Nathan T.
Diakité, Nana R.
Ouattara, Mamadou
Coulibaly, Jean T.
Salia, Diabaté
Koné, Amani
Kakou, Adolphe K.
Assaré, Rufin K.
Ehouman, Mocket A.
Glitho, Sonya C.
N’Goran, Eliézer K.
Article History
Received: 8 February 2021
Accepted: 6 December 2021
First Online: 21 January 2022
Declarations
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: This study was part of a large project entitled “Interrupting seasonal transmission of <i>Schistosoma haematobium</i> and control of soil-transmitted helminths in northern and central Côte d’Ivoire”. Ethical approval was obtained from the ethics committees in Switzerland: “Ethikkommission Nordwest- und Zentralschweiz” (EKNZ; reference no. UBE- 15/34; date of approval 15 April 2015) and Côte d’Ivoire: Comité National d’Éthique et de la Recherche, Ministère de la Santé et de Lutte contre le SIDA (reference no. 007/MSLS/CNER-kp; date of approval 2 February 2016) and Direction Générale des Productions et de la Sécurité Alimentaire, Ministère de l’Agriculture (reference no. 0163/MINAGRI/DGPSA/DPVCQ; date of approval 27 January 2015). The purpose of the study and procedures for field sample collection were explained to village authorities and their verbal agreement was obtained before conducting field surveys.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.