About the Authors
- Kojo Yeboah-Antwi
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* E-mail: kyantwi@bu.edu
Affiliation Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Portipher Pilingana
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Affiliation Chikankata Mission Hospital, Chikankata, Southern Province, Zambia
- William B. Macleod
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Affiliation Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Katherine Semrau
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Affiliation Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Kazungu Siazeele
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Affiliation Chikankata Mission Hospital, Chikankata, Southern Province, Zambia
- Penelope Kalesha
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Affiliation Child Health Unit, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
- Busiku Hamainza
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Affiliation National Malaria Control Center, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
- Phil Seidenberg
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Affiliations Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for International Health and Development-Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
- Arthur Mazimba
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Affiliation Center for International Health and Development-Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
- Lora Sabin
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Affiliation Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Karen Kamholz
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Donald M. Thea
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Affiliation Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Davidson H. Hamer
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Affiliations Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
DHH owns shares in Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., a company that makes diagnostic products including a malaria rapid diagnostic test. However, the rapid diagnostic tests we used in this study were not produced by Inverness Medical innovations, Inc.
Author Contributions
ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: KYA PP WBM KS KS PK BH PS AM LS KK DMT DHH. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: KYA PP WBM KS KS PK BH PS AM LS KK DMT DHH. Designed the experiments/the study: KYA PP LS DMT DHH. Analyzed the data: KYA PP WBM KS PK BH PS DHH. Collected data/did experiments for the study: KYA PP KS. Enrolled patients: PP KS. Wrote the first draft of the paper: KYA PK DHH. Contributed to the writing of the paper: KYA PP WBM KS KS PK BH PS LS KK DMT DHH. Responsible for day to day field activities: PP. Contributed to editing the manuscript: AM.