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Research Article
External quality assessment for yaws elimination in low- and middle-income countries using plasmid-based proficiency test items
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Claudia Mueller,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of International Animal Health/One Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany
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Serges Tchatchouang,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation NTD Platform, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Laud Anthony Basing,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Solange Ngazoa-Kakou,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Kouadio Aboh Hugues,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, National Program of African Trypanosomiasis Elimination, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Becca Louise Handley,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Camila G. Beiras,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections section, Hospital Universitari Germans Trías i Pujol, Fight Infectious Diseases Foundation, Badalona, Spain, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Spain
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Ivy Brago Amanor,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Philippe Ndzomo,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation NTD Platform, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Mohammed A. Bakheit,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Mast Diagnostica GmbH, Reinfeld, Germany
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Lisa Becherer,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Laboratory for MEMS Applications, IMTEK - Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Earnest Njih Tabah,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations National Buruli Ulcer, Leprosy, Yaws and Leishmaniasis Control Program, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Dschang, Dschang, West Cameroon
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Tania Crucitti,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Experimental Bacteriology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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Nadine Borst,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Laboratory for MEMS Applications, IMTEK - Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Hahn-Schickard, Freiburg, Germany
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Christina Ries,
Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of International Animal Health/One Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany
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Simone Lueert,
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of International Animal Health/One Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany
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Sieghard Frischmann,
Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Mast Diagnostica GmbH, Reinfeld, Germany
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Helena Gmoser,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Laboratory for MEMS Applications, IMTEK - Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Emelie Landmann,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Mast Diagnostica GmbH, Reinfeld, Germany
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Aboubacar Sylla,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Sylvie Mireille Kouamé-Sina,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Daniel Arhinful,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Patrick Awondo,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation NTD Platform, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Sarah Burl,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Emma Michèle Harding-Esch,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Adingra Tano,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Oriol Mitjà,
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections section, Hospital Universitari Germans Trías i Pujol, Fight Infectious Diseases Foundation, Badalona, Spain, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Spain
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Sara Eyangoh,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation NTD Platform, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Kennedy Kwasi Addo,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Michael Marks,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom
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Sascha Knauf
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: sascha.knauf@fli.de
Affiliations Institute of International Animal Health/One Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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External quality assessment for yaws elimination in low- and middle-income countries using plasmid-based proficiency test items
- Claudia Mueller,
- Serges Tchatchouang,
- Laud Anthony Basing,
- Solange Ngazoa-Kakou,
- Kouadio Aboh Hugues,
- Becca Louise Handley,
- Camila G. Beiras,
- Ivy Brago Amanor,
- Philippe Ndzomo,
- Mohammed A. Bakheit
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- Published: March 13, 2026
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013772