Accuracy of different diagnostic techniques for Schistosoma haematobium to estimate treatment needs in Zimbabwe: Application of a hierarchical Bayesian egg count model

• Nicholas Midzi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicholas Midzi, Oliver Bärenbold

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Institute of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Oliver Bärenbold ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicholas Midzi, Oliver Bärenbold

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

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, Faculty of Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Portia Manangazira,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Institute of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Isaac Phiri,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Institute of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Masceline J. Mutsaka-Makuvaza,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations National Institute of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Gibson Mhlanga,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Institute of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Jürg Utzinger,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, Faculty of Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Penelope Vounatsou

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: penelope.vounatsou@swisstph.ch

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, Faculty of Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4904-5352

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