Associations of IL13 gene polymorphisms and immune factors with Schistosoma haematobium infection in schoolchildren in four schistosomiasis-endemic communities in Ghana

• Margaret Sarpong-Baidoo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biomedical and Public Health Research Unit, CSIR- Water Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana, Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8209-7584

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• Michael F. Ofori,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2341-7514

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• Elias Kwesi Asuming-Brempong,

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

  Affiliation Biomedical and Public Health Research Unit, CSIR- Water Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7038-8184

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• Eric Kyei-Baafour,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Bright K. Idun,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomedical and Public Health Research Unit, CSIR- Water Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana

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• Isaac Owusu-Frimpong,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomedical and Public Health Research Unit, CSIR- Water Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1185-3514

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• Nana A. Amonoo,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Biomedical and Public Health Research Unit, CSIR- Water Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9102-8521

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• Queenstar D. Quarshie,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomedical and Public Health Research Unit, CSIR- Water Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4890-9101

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• Edward J. Tettevi,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomedical and Public Health Research Unit, CSIR- Water Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2448-2679

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• Mike Y. Osei-Atweneboana

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: oseiatweneboana@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliation Biomedical and Public Health Research Unit, CSIR- Water Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana

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