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The relationship between expelled eggs, morbidity and age in a Schistosoma mansoni endemic setting in Uganda: Implications for current elimination policies

• Rivka M. Lim ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rivka.lim@ed.ac.uk (RML); poppy.lamberton@glasgow.ac.uk (PHLL)

  Affiliations Institute of Evolution and Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

  ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5247-7028

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• Ruhi Lahoti,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Evolution and Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Jessica Clark,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Moses Arinaitwe,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Victor Anguajibi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation China-Uganda Friendship Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

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• Sergi Alonso,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Global Business School for Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Andrina Nankasi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

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• Fred Besigye,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

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• Alon Atuhaire,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

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• Amy B. Pedersen,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Evolution and Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Joanne P. Webster ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ joint senior authorship.

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Herts, United Kingdom

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• Poppy H. L. Lamberton

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rivka.lim@ed.ac.uk (RML); poppy.lamberton@glasgow.ac.uk (PHLL)

  ¶‡ joint senior authorship.

  Affiliation School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

  ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1048-6318

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