Comparison of four DNA extraction and three preservation protocols for the molecular detection and quantification of soil-transmitted helminths in stool

• Mio Ayana,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Piet Cools,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Zeleke Mekonnen,

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

  Affiliation School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Abdissa Biruksew,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Daniel Dana,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Nour Rashwan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Roger Prichard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Johnny Vlaminck,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Jaco J. Verweij,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands

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• Bruno Levecke

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

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

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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

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