Investigating a strategy for quantifying schistosome infection levels in preschool-aged children using prevalence data from school-aged children

Rivka M. Lim; Mark E. J. Woolhouse; Takafira Mduluza; Margo Chase-Topping; Derick N. M. Osakunor; Lester Chitsulo; Francisca Mutapi

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008650

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Investigating a strategy for quantifying schistosome infection levels in preschool-aged children using prevalence data from school-aged children

Rivka M. Lim ,

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

* E-mail: rivka.lim@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5247-7028

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Mark E. J. Woolhouse,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, NIHR Global Health Research Unit Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA) at the University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Takafira Mduluza,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Margo Chase-Topping,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Roslin Institute, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4668-333X

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Derick N. M. Osakunor,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4853-5384

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Lester Chitsulo,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lilongwe, Malawi

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1903-3887

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Francisca Mutapi

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

Affiliations Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, NIHR Global Health Research Unit Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA) at the University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Investigating a strategy for quantifying schistosome infection levels in preschool-aged children using prevalence data from school-aged children

Rivka M. Lim,
Mark E. J. Woolhouse,
Takafira Mduluza,
Margo Chase-Topping,
Derick N. M. Osakunor,
Lester Chitsulo,
Francisca Mutapi

Published: October 1, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008650

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