Performance of novel onchocerciasis rapid diagnostic tests in a field setting in South Sudan

Amber Hadermann; Stephen Raimon Jada; Chiara Trevisan; Abdurezak Seid; Charlotte Lubbers; Luís-Jorge Amaral; Marina Saleeb; Yak Yak Bol; Katja Polman; Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo; Robert Colebunders

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013736

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Performance of novel onchocerciasis rapid diagnostic tests in a field setting in South Sudan

Amber Hadermann,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Stephen Raimon Jada,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Amref Health Africa, Juba, Republic of South Sudan
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Chiara Trevisan,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Abdurezak Seid,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Charlotte Lubbers,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Luís-Jorge Amaral,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Marina Saleeb,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Yak Yak Bol,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme, Ministry of Health, Juba, Republic of South Sudan
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Katja Polman,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Robert Colebunders

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

* E-mail: robert.colebunders@lstm.ac.uk

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

https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0691-3697

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Performance of novel onchocerciasis rapid diagnostic tests in a field setting in South Sudan

Amber Hadermann,
Stephen Raimon Jada,
Chiara Trevisan,
Abdurezak Seid,
Charlotte Lubbers,
Luís-Jorge Amaral,
Marina Saleeb,
Yak Yak Bol,
Katja Polman,
Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo

Published: November 21, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013736

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