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Identifying thresholds for classifying moderate-to-heavy soil-transmitted helminth intensity infections for FECPAK^G2, McMaster, Mini-FLOTAC and qPCR

• Bruno Levecke ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

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

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

  ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8912-5595

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• Piet Cools,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  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, Turin, Italy

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• Shaali Ame,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Cécile Angebault,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Institut Pasteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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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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• Jerzy M. Behnke,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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• Jeffrey M. Bethony,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington D.C., United States of America

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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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• Bertrand Guillard,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Institut Pasteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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• Nguyen Thi Viet Hoa,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Ha Noi, Vietnam

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• Gagandeep Kang,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

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• Deepthi Kattula,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

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• Jennifer Keiser,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Andrew C. Kotze,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, St. Lucia, Australia

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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

  ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9639-5179

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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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• James S. McCarthy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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• Zeleke Mekonnen,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Greg Mirams,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Techion Group Ltd, Dunedin, New Zealand

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• Antonio Montresor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Rodrigo Corrêa Oliveira,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Maria V. Periago,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Fundación Mundo Sano, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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

  ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1470-5146

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• Simone A. Pinto,

  Roles Investigation, 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 Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Laurentine Sumo,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon

  Affiliation Centre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Louis-Albert Tchuem-Tchuenté,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Dang Thi Cam Thach,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Ha Noi, Vietnam

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• Eurion Thomas,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Techion Group Ltd, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

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• Ahmed Zeynudin,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

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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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• Johnny Vlaminck,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

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

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• Jozef Vercruysse

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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