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1 Kenya soil transmitted helminth and schistosomiasis survey data Mapped references: soil transmitted helminth survey data KEN0001 KEN0002 Akhwale WS, Lum JK, Kaneko A, Eto H, Obonyo C, Bjorkman A, Kobayakawa T (2004) Anemia and malaria at different altitudes in the western highlands of Kenya. Acta Trop, 91: Ashford RW, Craig PS, Oppenheimer SJ (1993) Polyparasitism on the Kenya coast. 2. Spatial heterogeneity in parasite distributions. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 87: KEN0003 Brooker S, Miguel EA, Moulin S, Luoba AI, Bundy DAP, Kremer M (2000) Epidemiology of Single and Multiple Species Helminth Infections among Schoolchildren in Busia District, Kenya. East African Medical Journal, 77: KEN0005 Brooker S, Peshu N, Warn PA, Mosobo M, Guyatt HL, Marsh K, Snow RW (1999) The epidemiology of hookworm infection and its contribution to anaemia among pre-school children on the Kenyan Coast. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 93: KEN0007 Chunge RN, Karumba PN, Nagelkerke N, Kaleli N, Wamwea M, Mutiso N, Andala EO, Kinoti SN (1991) Intestinal parasites in a rural community in Kenya: cross-sectional surveys with emphasis on prevalence, incidence, duration of infection, and polyparasitism. East African Medical Journal, 68: KEN0008 KEN0014 Clarke SE, Brooker S, Njagi JK, Njau E, Estambale B, Muchiri E, Magnussen P (2004) Malaria morbidity among school children living in two areas of contrasting transmission in western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 71: Handzel T, Karanja DM, Addiss DG, Hightower AW, Rosen DH, Colley DG, Andove J, Slutsker L, Secor WE (2003) Geographic distribution of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Western Kenya: Page 1 of 15

2 implications for anthelminthic mass treatment. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 69: KEN0022 Koukounari A, Estambale BBA, Njagi JK, Cundill B, Ajanga A, Crudder C, Otido J, Jukes M, Clarke SE, Brooker S (2008) Relationships between anaemia and parasitic infections in Kenyan schoolchildren: a Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach. International Journal for Parasitology, 38: KEN0023 Leenstra T, Kariuki SK, Kurtis JD, Oloo AJ, Kager PA, ter Kuile FO (2004) Prevalence and severity of anemia and iron deficiency: cross-sectional studies in adolescent schoolgirls in western Kenya. Eur J Clin Nutr, 58: KEN0028 KEN0029 KEN0030 KEN0033 KEN0035 Mwandawiro C, Sturrock H, Brooker S (2007) Parasitism, anaemia and bednet use among school children on the Kenyan coast. Unpublished data contributed by author. Mwaniki D, Omondi B, Muniu E, Thiong'o F, Ouma J, Magnussen P, Geissler PW, Michaelsen KF, Friis H (2002) Effects on serum retinol of multimicronutrient supplementation and multi-helminth chemotherapy: a randomised, controlled trial in Kenyan school children. Eur J Clin Nutr, 56: Mwaniki DL, Omwega AM, Muniu EM, Mutunga JN, Akelola R, Shako BR, Gotink MH, Pertet AM (1999) Anaemia and status of iron, vitamin A and zinc in Kenya. Data contributed by author. Olsen A (1998) The proportion of helminth infections in a community in Western Kenya which would be treated by mass chemotherapy of schoolchildren. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 92: Rijpstra AC (1975) Results of duplicated series of stool-examinations for all intestinal parasites by five different methods in school-children in East Africa with remarks on serological aspects of amoebiasis and schistosomiasis. AnnSocbelge Medtrop, 55: KEN0040 Stephenson LS, Latham MC, Crompton DWT, Schulpen TWJ, Jansen AA (1979) Nutritional status and stool examinations for intestinal parasites in Kenyan preschool children in Machakos district. East African Medical Journal, 56:1-9. Page 2 of 15

3 KEN0041 KEN0046 KEN0047 KEN0048 KEN0049 KEN0050 KEN0052 KEN0053 KEN0054 KEN0055 KEN0057 KEN0058 KEN0059 KEN0060 Stephenson LS, Latham MC, Kurz KM, Kinoti SN, Brigham H (1989) Treatment with a single dose of albendazole improves growth of Kenyan schoolchildren with hookworm, Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides infections. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 41: Kihara J (2008) Division of Vector Borne Diseases Report Unpublished data contributed by author. Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2008) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Brooker SJ, Pullan RL, Gitonga CW, Ashton RA, Kolaczinski JH, Kabatereine NB, Snow RW (2012) Plasmodium-helminth coinfection and its sources of heterogeneity across East Africa. J Infect Dis, 205: Mwanje (2003) Unpublished data contributed by author. Mwanje (1997) Unpublished data contributed by author. Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2007) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2006) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2005) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2004) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2002) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2000) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1998) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1997) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Page 3 of 15

4 KEN0061 KEN0062 KEN0063 KEN0064 KEN0065 KEN0066 KEN0067 KEN0068 KEN0069 KEN0070 KEN0071 KEN0072 KEN0073 KEN0074 KEN0075 Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1996) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1995) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1994) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1993) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1992) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1991) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1990) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1989) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1988) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1987) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1986) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1985) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1984) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1983) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1982) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Page 4 of 15

5 KEN0076 KEN0077 KEN0078 KEN0079 KEN0080 KEN0081 KEN0082 KEN0083 KEN0088 KEN0089 KEN0091 KEN0103 Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1981) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1980) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1979) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1978) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1977) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1976) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1975) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2009) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Njenga SM, Mwandawiro CS, Muniu E, Mwanje MT, Haji FM, Bockarie MJ (2011) Adult population as potential reservoir of NTD infections in rural villages of Kwale district, Coastal Kenya: implications for preventive chemotherapy interventions policy. Parasit Vectors, 4:175. Riesel JN, Ochieng FO, Wright P, Vermund SH, Davidson M (2010) High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths in western Kenya: Failure to implement deworming guidelines in rural Nyanza Province. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 56: Mwandawiro CS, Nikolay B, Kihara JH, Ozier O, Mukoko DA, Mwanje MT, Hakobyan A, Pullan RL, Brooker S, Njenga SM (2013 (in preparation)) Evaluating the impact of national school-based deworming in Kenya: study design and baseline results. Bisanzio D, Mutuku F, Bustinduy AL, Mungai PL, Muchiri EM, King CH, Kitron U (2014) Cross-sectional study of the burden of vector-borne and soiltransmitted polyparasitism in rural communities of Coast Province, Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 8:e2992. Page 5 of 15

6 KEN0104 Chang Cojulun A, Bustinduy AL, Sutherland LJ, Mungai PL, Mutuku F, Muchiri E, Kitron U, King CH (2015) Anemia Among Children Exposed to Polyparasitism in Coastal Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 93: KEN0105 Davis SM, Worrell CM, Wiegand RE, Odero KO, Suchdev PS, Ruth LJ, Lopez G, Cosmas L, Neatherlin J, Njenga SM, et al (2014) Soil-transmitted helminths in pre-school-aged and school-aged children in an urban slum: a cross-sectional study of prevalence, distribution, and associated exposures. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 91: KEN0108 KEN0109 KEN0110 KEN0112 KEN0116 KEN0117 Easton AV, Oliveira RG, O'Connell EM, Kepha S, Mwandawiro CS, Njenga SM, Kihara JH, Mwatele C, Odiere MR, Brooker SJ, et al (2016) Multi-parallel qpcr provides increased sensitivity and diagnostic breadth for gastrointestinal parasites of humans: field-based inferences on the impact of mass deworming. Parasit Vectors, 9:38. Freeman MC, Chard AN, Nikolay B, Garn JV, Okoyo C, Kihara J, Njenga SM, Pullan RL, Brooker SJ, Mwandawiro CS (2015) Associations between schooland household-level water, sanitation and hygiene conditions and soiltransmitted helminth infection among Kenyan school children. Parasit Vectors, 8:412. Kepha S, Nuwaha F, Nikolay B, Gichuki P, Edwards T, Allen E, Njenga SM, Mwandawiro CS, Brooker SJ (2015) Epidemiology of coinfection with soil transmitted helminths and Plasmodium falciparum among school children in Bumula District in western Kenya. Parasit Vectors, 8:314. Mwandawiro CS, Nikolay B, Kihara JH, Ozier O, Mukoko DA, Mwanje MT, Hakobyan A, Pullan RL, Brooker SJ, Njenga SM (2013) Monitoring and evaluating the impact of national school-based deworming in Kenya: study design and baseline results. Parasit Vectors, 6:198. Obala AA, Simiyu CJ, Odhiambo DO, Nanyu V, Chege P, Downing R, Mwaliko E, Mwangi AW, Menya D, Chelagat D, et al (2013) Webuye Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems Baseline Survey of Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Intestinal Protozoa among Children up to Five Years. J Trop Med, 2013: Sang HC, Muchiri G, Ombok M, Odiere MR, Mwinzi PN (2014) Schistosoma haematobium hotspots in south Nyanza, western Kenya: prevalence, distribution and co-endemicity with Schistosoma mansoni and soiltransmitted helminths. Parasit Vectors, 7:125. Page 6 of 15

7 Mapped references: schistosomiasis survey data KEN0004 KEN0006 KEN0009 KEN0010 Brooker S, Miguel EA, Waswa P, Namunyu R, Moulin S, Guyatt H, Bundy DA (2001) The potential of rapid screening methods for Schistosoma mansoni in western Kenya. Ann Trop Med Parasitol, 95: Chunge RN, Karumba N, Ouma JH, Thiongo FW, Sturrock RF, Butterworth AE (1995) Polyparasitism in two rural communities with endemic Schistosoma mansoni infection in Machakos District, Kenya. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 98: Clennon JA, King CH, Muchiri EM, Kariuki HC, Ouma JH, Mungai P, Kitron U (2004) Spatial patterns of urinary schistosomiasis infection in a highly endemic area of coastal Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 70: Coles GC, Mutahi WT, Kinoti GK, Bruce JI, Katz N (1987) Tolerance of Kenyan Schistosoma mansoni to oxamniquine. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 81: KEN0011 Corbett EL, Butterworth AE, Fulford AJC, Ouma JH, Sturrock RF (1992) Nutritional status of children with schistosomisasis mansoni in two different areas of Machakos District, Kenya. Transactions of the Royal Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 86: KEN0012 Doenhoff MJ, Butterworth AE, Hayes RJ, Sturrock RF, Ouma JH, Koech D, Prentice M, Bain J (1993) Seroepidemiology and serodiagnosis of schistosomiasis in Kenya using crude and purified egg antigens of Schistosoma mansoni in ELISA. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 87: KEN0013 KEN0014 Greenham R (1978) Anaemia and Schistosoma haematobium infection in the North-Eastern province of Kenya. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 72: Handzel T, Karanja DM, Addiss DG, Hightower AW, Rosen DH, Colley DG, Andove J, Slutsker L, Secor WE (2003) Geographic distribution of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Western Kenya: implications for anthelminthic mass treatment. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 69: Page 7 of 15

8 KEN0015 KEN0016 KEN0017 KEN0018 Jaoko WG, Muchemi G, Oguya FO (1996) Praziquantel side effects during treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infected pupils in Kibwezi, Kenya. East African Medical Journal, 73: Johansen MV, Simonsen PE, Butterwoth AE, Ouma JH, Mbugua GG, Sturrock RF, Orinda DAO, Christensen NØ (1994) A survey for Schistosoma mansoni induced kidney disease in children in an endemic area of Machakos District, Kenya. Acta Tropica, 50: Katamine D, Arap Siongok TK, Kawashima K, Nakajima Y, Nojima H, Imai J (1978) Prevalence of human Schistosomiasis in the Taveta area of Kenya, East Africa. Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 6: King CH, Keating CE, Muruka JF, Ouma JH, Houser H, Siongok TK, Mahmoud AA (1988) Urinary tract morbidity in schistosomiasis haematobia: associations with age and intensity of infection in an endemic area of Coast Province, Kenya. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 39: KEN0019 King CH, Lombardi G, Lombardi C, Greenblatt R, Hodder S, Kinyanjui H, Ouma J, Odiambo O, Bryan PJ, Muruka J, et al. (1988) Chemotherapy-based control of schistosomiasis haematobia. I. Metrifonate versus praziquantel in control of intensity and prevalence of infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 39: KEN0020 King CH, Muchiri EM, Mungai P, Ouma JH, Kadzo H, Magak P, Koech DK (2002) Randomized comparison of low-dose versus standard-dose praziquantel therapy in treatment of urinary tract morbidity due to Schistosoma haema tobium infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 66: KEN0021 KEN0024 KEN0025 Kloos H, Fulford AJC, Butterworth AE, Sturrock RF, Ouma JH, Kariuki HC, Thiongo FW, Dalton PR, Klumpp RK (1997) Spatial patterns of human water contact and Schistosoma mansoni transmission and infection in four rural areas in Machakos district, Kenya. Social Science and Medicine, 44: Magnussen P, Muchiri E, Mungai P, Ndzovu M, Ouma J, Tosha S (1997) A school-based approach to the control of urinary schistosomiasis and intestinal helminth infections in children in Matuga, Kenya: impact of a twoyear chemotherapy programme on prevalence and intensity of infections. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2: Masaba S (1978) Schistosomiasis in Bunyala and Samia locations of Western Kenya. East African Medical Journal, 55: Page 8 of 15

9 KEN0026 KEN0027 KEN0031 Masaba SC, Awiti IE, Muruka JF (1983) Morbidity in urinary schistosomiasis in relation to the intensity of infection in Kisumu, Kenya. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 86: Mutahi WT, Thiong'o FW (2005) Prevalence and intensity of Schistosomiasis mansoni in irrigation and non-irrigation areas of central Kenya. East African Medical Journal, 82: Njeri Wamae CN, Lammie PJ (1998) Haematuria in coastal Kenya is associated with Schistosomia haematobium but not Wuchereria bancrofti infection. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 92: KEN0032 Olds GR, King C, Hewlett J, Olveda R, Wu G, Ouma J, Peters P, McGarvey S, Odhiambo O, Koech D, et al (1999) Double-blind placebo-controlled study of concurrent administration of albendazole and praziquantel in schoolchildren with schistosomiasis and geohelminths. J Infect Dis, 179: KEN0034 KEN0036 Ouma JH, Waithaka F (1978) Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium in Kitui district, Kenya. East African Medical Journal, 55: Satayathum SA, Muchiri EM, Ouma JH, Whalen CC, King CH (2006) Factors affecting infection or reinfection with Schistosoma haematobium in coastal Kenya: survival analysis during a nine-year, school-based treatment program. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 75: KEN0037 Sato K, Shimada M, Noda S, Muhoho ND, Katsumata T, Sato A, Aoki Y (1988) Efficacy of metrifonate in a highly endemic area of urinary schistosomiasis in Kenya. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 38: KEN0038 Shimada M, Hirata M, Ouma JH, Wambayi E, Thiongo FW, Aoki Y (1987) Epidemiological study of Schistosoma haematobium infection in the coastal area of Kenya. Parasitological baseline data in the pilot area, Mwachinga. Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 15: KEN0039 KEN0042 Smith DH, Warren KS, Mahmoud AAF (1979) Morbidity in Schistosomiasis mansoni in relation to intensity of infection: study of a community in Kisumu, Kenya. Am J TropMedHyg, 28: Sturrock RF, Kariuki HC, Thiongo FW, Gachare JW, Omondi BGO, Ouma JH, Mbugua G, Butterworth AE (1996) Schistosomiasis mansoni in Kenya: relationship between infection and anaemia in schoolchildren at the Page 9 of 15

10 community level. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 90: KEN0043 KEN0044 KEN0045 KEN0046 KEN0047 KEN0049 KEN0050 KEN0051 KEN0052 KEN0053 KEN0054 KEN0055 KEN0056 Warren KS, Mahmoud AAF, Muruka JF, Whittaker LR, Ouma JH, Arap Siongok TK (1979) Schistosomiasis haematobia in Coast province Kenya. Am J TropMedHyg, 28: Hodder SL, Mahmoud AA, Sorenson K, Weinert DM, Stein RL, Ouma JH, Koech D, King CH (2000) Predisposition to urinary tract epithelial metaplasia in Schistosoma haematobium infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 63: Florey LS (2008) Unpublished data contributed by author. Kihara J (2008) Division of Vector Borne Diseases Report Unpublished data contributed by author. Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2008) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Mwanje (2003) Unpublished data contributed by author. Mwanje (1997) Unpublished data contributed by author. Amollo DA, Kihara JH, Kombe Y, Karanja SM (2013) PREVALENCE AND INTENSITY OF SINGLE AND MIXED SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI AND SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM INFECTIONS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN RACHUONYO NORTH DISTRICT, HOMABAY COUNTY, WESTERN KENYA. East Afr Med J, 90: Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2007) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2006) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2005) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2004) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2003) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Page 10 of 15

11 KEN0057 KEN0058 KEN0059 KEN0060 KEN0061 KEN0062 KEN0063 KEN0064 KEN0065 KEN0066 KEN0067 KEN0068 KEN0069 KEN0070 KEN0071 Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2002) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2000) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1998) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1997) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1996) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1995) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1994) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1993) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1992) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1991) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1990) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1989) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1988) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1987) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1986) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Page 11 of 15

12 KEN0072 KEN0073 KEN0074 KEN0075 KEN0076 KEN0077 KEN0078 KEN0079 KEN0080 KEN0081 KEN0082 KEN0083 KEN0084 KEN0085 Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1985) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1984) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1983) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1982) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1981) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1980) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1979) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1978) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1977) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1976) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (1975) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Division of Vector Borne Diseases (2009) Annual Report. Ministry of Health, Andereck JW, Kipp AM, Ondiek M, Vermund SH (2014) Helminth prevalence among adults in rural Kenya: a stool survey for soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis in Nyanza province. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 108: Freeman MC, Clasen T, Brooker SJ, Akoko DO, Rheingans R (2013) The impact of a school-based hygiene, water quality and sanitation intervention on soil- Page 12 of 15

13 transmitted helminth reinfection: a cluster-randomized trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 89: KEN0086 KEN0087 KEN0092 Montgomery (2008) Unpublished data contributed by author. Mwjame (2009) Unpublished data contributed by author. MOPHS (2010) School Health Questionnaires Northeastern & Eastern Province. KEN0093 Mutuku FM, King CH, Bustinduy AL, Mungai PL, Muchiri EM, Kitron U (2011) Impact of drought on the spatial pattern of transmission of Schistosoma haematobium in coastal Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 85: KEN0094 Bustinduy AL, Parraga IM, Thomas CL, Mungai PL, Mutuku F, Muchiri EM, Kitron U, King CH (2013) Impact of Polyparasitic Infections on Anemia and Undernutrition among Kenyan Children Living in a Schistosoma haematobium-endemic Area. Am J Trop Med Hyg. KEN0095 Gouvras AN, Kariuki C, Koukounari A, Norton A, Lange CN, Ireri E, Fenwick A, Mkoji GM, Webster JP (2013) The impact of single versus mixed Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni infections on morbidity profiles amongst school-children in Taveta, Kenya. Acta Trop. KEN0096 KEN0097 KEN0098 KEN0099 Odiere MR, Rawago FO, Ombok M, Secor WE, Karanja DM, Mwinzi PN, Lammie PJ, Won K (2012) High prevalence of schistosomiasis in Mbita and its adjacent islands of Lake Victoria, western Kenya. Parasit Vectors, 5:278. Butler SE, Muok EM, Montgomery SP, Odhiambo K, Mwinzi PM, Secor WE, Karanja DM (2012) Mechanism of anemia in Schistosoma mansoni-infected school children in Western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 87: Kihara J, Mwandawiro C, Waweru B, Gitonga CW, Brooker S (2011) Preparing for national school-based deworming in Kenya: the validation and large-scale distribution of school questionnaires with urinary schistosomiasis. Trop Med Int Health, 16: Mwinzi PN, Montgomery SP, Owaga CO, Mwanje M, Muok EM, Ayisi JG, Laserson KF, Muchiri EM, Secor WE, Karanja DM (2012) Integrated community-directed intervention for schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths in western Kenya - a pilot study. Parasit Vectors, 5:182. Page 13 of 15

14 KEN0100 Obonyo CO, Muok EM, Mwinzi PN (2010) Efficacy of artesunate with sulfalene plus pyrimethamine versus praziquantel for treatment of Schistosoma mansoni in Kenyan children: an open-label randomised controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis, 10: KEN0101 Samuels AM, Matey E, Mwinzi PN, Wiegand RE, Muchiri G, Ireri E, Hyde M, Montgomery SP, Karanja DM, Secor WE (2012) Schistosoma mansoni morbidity among school-aged children: a SCORE project in Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 87: KEN0102 KEN0106 KEN0107 KEN0111 Verani JR, Abudho B, Montgomery SP, Mwinzi PNM, Shane HL, Butler SE, Karanja DMS, Secor WE (2011) Schistosomiasis among young children in Usoma, Kenya. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 84: Gouvras AN, Kariuki C, Koukounari A, Norton AJ, Lange CN, Ireri E, Fenwick A, Mkoji GM, Webster JP (2013) The impact of single versus mixed Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni infections on morbidity profiles amongst school-children in Taveta, Kenya. Acta Trop, 128: Davis SM, Wiegand RE, Mulama F, Kareko EI, Harris R, Ochola E, Samuels AM, Rawago F, Mwinzi PM, Fox LM, et al (2015) Morbidity associated with schistosomiasis before and after treatment in young children in Rusinga Island, western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 92: Masaku J, Madigu N, Okoyo C, Njenga SM (2015) Current status of Schistosoma mansoni and the factors associated with infection two years following mass drug administration programme among primary school children in Mwea irrigation scheme: A cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 15:739. KEN0113 Nagi S, Chadeka EA, Sunahara T, Mutungi F, Justin YK, Kaneko S, Ichinose Y, Matsumoto S, Njenga SM, Hashizume M, et al (2014) Risk factors and spatial distribution of Schistosoma mansoni infection among primary school children in Mbita District, Western Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 8:e2991. KEN0114 Ng'etich AI, Rawago FO, Jura WG, Mwinzi PN, Won KY, Odiere MR (2016) A cross-sectional study on schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Mbita district, western Kenya using different copromicroscopic techniques. Parasit Vectors, 9:87. Page 14 of 15

15 KEN0115 KEN0117 Njenga SM, Mutungi FM, Wamae CN, Mwanje MT, Njiru KK, Bockarie MJ (2014) Once a year school-based deworming with praziquantel and albendazole combination may not be adequate for control of urogenital schistosomiasis and hookworm infection in Matuga District, Kwale County, Kenya. Parasit Vectors, 7:74. Sang HC, Muchiri G, Ombok M, Odiere MR, Mwinzi PN (2014) Schistosoma haematobium hotspots in south Nyanza, western Kenya: prevalence, distribution and co-endemicity with Schistosoma mansoni and soiltransmitted helminths. Parasit Vectors, 7:125. Page 15 of 15

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