Calculating the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infection through pooling of stool samples: Choosing and optimizing the pooling strategy

• James E. Truscott ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: j.truscott@imperial.ac.uk

  Affiliations The DeWorm3 Project, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2555-7636

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• Julia C. Dunn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4789-9258

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• Marina Papaiakovou,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The DeWorm3 Project, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, Parasites & Vectors, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

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• Fabian Schaer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The DeWorm3 Project, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, Parasites & Vectors, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

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• Marleen Werkman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The DeWorm3 Project, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2252-9357

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• D. Timothy J. Littlewood,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The DeWorm3 Project, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, Parasites & Vectors, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

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• Judd L. Walson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The DeWorm3 Project, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, Parasites & Vectors, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Roy M. Anderson

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The DeWorm3 Project, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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