Asymptomatic carriage of intestinal protists is common in children in Lusaka Province, Zambia

• Mable Mutengo ,

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

  * E-mail: mablem38@gmail.com (MM); dacarmena@isciii.es (DC)

  ¶‡ These first authors contributed equally to this article.

  Affiliations Institute of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, Levy Mwanawasa Medical University, Lusaka, Zambia, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka, Zambia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3973-0345

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• Michaela Kaduková ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These first authors contributed equally to this article.

  Affiliations Department of Epizootiology, Parasitology and Protection of One Health, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Košice Slovakia, Parasitology Reference and Research Laboratory, Spanish National Centre for Microbiology, Health Institute Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

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• Namwiinga R. Mulunda,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, Levy Mwanawasa Medical University, Lusaka, Zambia, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Freeman W. Chabala,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, Levy Mwanawasa Medical University, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Alejandro Dashti,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Kyoko Hayashida,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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• Stanley Chinyanta,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, Levy Mwanawasa Medical University, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Kelly Chisanga,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, Levy Mwanawasa Medical University, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Lourdes Castro,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Sergio Sánchez,

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

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

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• James Mwansa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Lusaka Apex Medical University, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Pamela C. Köster,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Parasitology Reference and Research Laboratory, Spanish National Centre for Microbiology, Health Institute Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, Women for Africa Foundation, Madrid, Spain, Faculty of Health Sciences, Alfonso X El Sabio University (UAX), Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain

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• David González-Barrio,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Jenny G. Maloney,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, 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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• Mónica Santín,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, 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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• Javier Sotillo,

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

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

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• David Carmena

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

  * E-mail: mablem38@gmail.com (MM); dacarmena@isciii.es (DC)

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4015-8553

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