Usability, acceptability, and cost of the SD BIOLINE Ov16 rapid diagnostic test for onchocerciasis surveillance in endemic communities in the middle belt of Ghana

• Kenneth Bentum Otabil ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kenneth.otabil@uenr.edu.gh

  Affiliations Department of Biological Science, Consortium for Neglected Tropical Diseases and One Health, School of Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2758-0805

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• María-Gloria Basáñez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis (MRC GIDA), and London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Elizabeth Ameyaa,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Michael Oppong,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Prince Mensah,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Richmond Gyasi-Ampofo,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Emmanuel John Bart-Plange,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Theophilus Nti Babae,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Consortium for Neglected Tropical Diseases and One Health, School of Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Lydia Datsa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Administration, Deo Gratias Medical Laboratories, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Andrews Agyapong Boakye,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Administration, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Bono East Region, Ghana

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• Michael Tawiah Yeboah,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ghana Health Service, Regional Neglected Tropical Diseases (RNTD) Office, Regional Health Directorate, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Prince Nyarko,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Consortium for Neglected Tropical Diseases and One Health, School of Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Prince Charles Kudzordzi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Consortium for Neglected Tropical Diseases and One Health, School of Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Anabel Acheampong,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Consortium for Neglected Tropical Diseases and One Health, School of Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Edwina Twum Blay,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Consortium for Neglected Tropical Diseases and One Health, School of Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana

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• Henk DFH Schallig,

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

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Centre, Experimental Parasitology Unit, Amsterdam University Medical Centres Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Robert Colebunders

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

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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