Interrupting transmission of soil-transmitted helminths: a study protocol for cluster randomised trials evaluating alternative treatment strategies and delivery systems in Kenya

Simon J Brooker; Charles S Mwandawiro; Katherine E Halliday; Sammy M Njenga; Carlos Mcharo; Paul M Gichuki; Beatrice Wasunna; Jimmy H Kihara; Doris Njomo; Dorcas Alusala; Athuman Chiguzo; Hugo C Turner; Caroline Teti; Claire Gwayi-Chore; Birgit Nikolay; James E Truscott; T Déirdre Hollingsworth; Dina Balabanova; Ulla K Griffiths; Matthew C Freeman; Elizabeth Allen; Rachel L Pullan; Roy M Anderson

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008950

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Interrupting transmission of soil-transmitted helminths: a study protocol for cluster randomised trials evaluating alternative treatment strategies and delivery systems in Kenya

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Simon J Brooker Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Charles S Mwandawiro Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Katherine E Halliday Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sammy M Njenga Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Carlos Mcharo Evidence Action, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Paul M Gichuki Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Beatrice Wasunna Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jimmy H Kihara Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Doris Njomo Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dorcas Alusala Neglected Tropical Diseases Unit, Division of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Athuman Chiguzo Office of the Executive Committee, Medical Services and Public Health, Kwale County Government, Kwale, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hugo C Turner Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Caroline Teti Evidence Action, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Claire Gwayi-Chore Evidence Action, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Birgit Nikolay Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
James E Truscott Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
T Déirdre Hollingsworth Warwick Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dina Balabanova Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ulla K Griffiths Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Matthew C Freeman Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elizabeth Allen Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rachel L Pullan Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Roy M Anderson Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Rachel Pullan; rachel.pullan{at}lshtm.ac.uk

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Brooker SJ, Mwandawiro CS, Halliday KE, et al

Interrupting transmission of soil-transmitted helminths: a study protocol for cluster randomised trials evaluating alternative treatment strategies and delivery systems in Kenya

BMJ Open 2015;5:e008950. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008950

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Received June 1, 2015
Accepted July 30, 2015
First published October 19, 2015.

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October 25, 2017

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