Validation of the isothermal Schistosoma haematobium Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) assay, coupled with simplified sample preparation, for diagnosing female genital schistosomiasis using cervicovaginal lavage and vaginal self-swab samples

• John Archer ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: j.archer@nhm.ac.uk

  Affiliations Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5160-7185

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• Farhan K. Patwary,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, United Kingdom

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• Amy S. Sturt,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3437-3334

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• Emily L. Webb,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, United Kingdom

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• Comfort Rutty Phiri,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Zambart, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Tobias Mweene,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Zambart, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Richard J. Hayes,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, United Kingdom

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• Helen Ayles,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, United Kingdom, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Zambart, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Eric A. T. Brienen,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

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• Lisette van Lieshout,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8170-1172

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• Bonnie L. Webster ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0930-9314

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• Amaya L. Bustinduy

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6131-4159

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