Female genital schistosomiasis, human papilloma virus infection, and cervical cancer in rural Madagascar: a cross sectional study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateEthical approval was obtained from the National Ethics Committee of Madagascar (ref. no. N°052-MSANP/CERBM) and the Ethics Committee Hamburg State Medical Chamber, Germany (ref. no. PV7309). All participants were informed of the aims and procedures of the study in the Malagasy language. Participation in the study was voluntary, and informed consent for participation was obtained from the participant by signature or, in the case of illiteracy, by thumbprint in the presence of an independent witness. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial and financial relationship that could be interpreted as a potential competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial and financial relationship that could be interpreted as a potential competing interests."

"Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. This work was mainly funded by the Coalition for Operational Research on NTDs (CORNTD) through the project FIRM-UP (project number: NTDSC 210D) and partly funded by the German Centre for Infection research (DZIF) through the project NAMASTE (project number: 8008803819), the Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung (EKFS) through the project EduMad (project number: 2020_EKHA.98) and the Bayer Foundation through the Carl Duisberg Fellowship for Medical Sciences. CORNTD,NTDSC 210D,Daniela Fusco,Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung,8008803819,Daniela Fusco,Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung,2020_EKHA.98,Daniela Fusco,Bayer-Stiftungen,Carl Duisberg Fellowship for Medical Sciences.,Jean-Marc Kutz"