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Diagnostic performance of a single and duplicate Kato-Katz, Mini-FLOTAC, FECPAK^G2 and qPCR for the detection and quantification of soil-transmitted helminths in three endemic countries

• Piet Cools ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Piet Cools, Johnny Vlaminck

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

  ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2980-5307

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• Johnny Vlaminck ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Piet Cools, Johnny Vlaminck

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Marco Albonico,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy, Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Italy

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• Shaali Ame,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Public Health Laboratory-Ivo de Carneri, Chake Chake, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Mio Ayana,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Jimma University Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Barrios Perez José Antonio,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Engineering Institute of National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

  ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6328-7497

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• Giuseppe Cringoli,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

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• Daniel Dana,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Jimma University Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Jennifer Keiser,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Maria P. Maurelli,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

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• Catalina Maya,

  Roles Software

  Affiliation Engineering Institute of National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

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• Leonardo F. Matoso,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Immunology, Research Center René Rachou—FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Antonio Montresor,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Zeleke Mekonnen,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Jimma University Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Greg Mirams,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Techion Group Ltd, Dunedin, New Zealand

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• Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Immunology, Research Center René Rachou—FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Simone A. Pinto,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Immunology, Research Center René Rachou—FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Laura Rinaldi,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

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• Somphou Sayasone,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

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• Eurion Thomas,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Techion Group Ltd, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

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• Jaco J. Verweij,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands

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• Jozef Vercruysse,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Bruno Levecke

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bruno.levecke@ugent.be

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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