Prevalence and associated risk factors of intestinal parasites among schoolchildren in Ecuador, with emphasis on the molecular diversity of Giardia duodenalis, Blastocystis sp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi

• Estephany Tapia-Veloz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Estephany Tapia-Veloz, Mónica Gozalbo

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

  Affiliation Area of Parasitology, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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• Mónica Gozalbo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Estephany Tapia-Veloz, Mónica Gozalbo

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Public Health, Science of the Food, Toxicology and Legal Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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• Marisa Guillén,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Public Health, Science of the Food, Toxicology and Legal Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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• Alejandro Dashti,

  Roles Investigation, Software

  Affiliation Parasitology Reference and Research Laboratory, Spanish National Centre for Microbiology, Health Institute Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain

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• Begoña Bailo,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Parasitology Reference and Research Laboratory, Spanish National Centre for Microbiology, Health Institute Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain

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• Pamela C. Köster,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software

  Affiliation Parasitology Reference and Research Laboratory, Spanish National Centre for Microbiology, Health Institute Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain

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• Mónica Santín,

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

  Affiliation Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• David Carmena ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dacarmena@isciii.es (DC); maria.trelis@uv.es (MT)

  Affiliations Parasitology Reference and Research Laboratory, Spanish National Centre for Microbiology, Health Institute Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain, Center for Biomedical Research Network (CIBER) in Infectious Diseases, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

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• María Trelis

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dacarmena@isciii.es (DC); maria.trelis@uv.es (MT)

  Affiliations Area of Parasitology, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Joint Research Unit on Endocrinology, Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics, University of Valencia-Health Research Institute La Fe, Valencia, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5977-3337

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