Development of a multiplex quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assay for simultaneous detection of Schistosoma haematobium and high-risk human papillomaviruses

• Emmanuel Timmy Donkoh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanuel Timmy Donkoh, Isaac Williams

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: timmy.donkoh@uenr.edu.gh

  Affiliation Centre for Research in Applied Biology, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7476-4578

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• Isaac Williams ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanuel Timmy Donkoh, Isaac Williams

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Centre for Research in Applied Biology, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana

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• Rita Nyaaba Akologo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Centre for Research in Applied Biology, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana

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• Alfred Afriyie Asiedu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Centre for Research in Applied Biology, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana

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• Reindoff Junior Ofori-Atta,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Centre for Research in Applied Biology, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana

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• Ivy Wina Boadu,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Diagnostics, Faculty of Allied Health Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Oksana Ryabinina,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Akua Obeng Forson,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Legon, Ghana

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• Kwadwo Boampong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Neeraj Jain,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dr. K C Patel Research and Development Centre (KRADLE), Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Changa, India

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• Edward Tieru Dassah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Samuel Fosu Gyasi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Science, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana

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• Laila Sara Arroyo Mühr,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International HPV Reference Center, Center for Cervical Cancer Elimination, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• William Gariba Akanwariwaik

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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