Field evaluation of a novel, rapid diagnostic assay, and molecular epidemiology of enterotoxigenic E. coli among Zambian children presenting with diarrhea

• Suwilanji Silwamba,

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

  Affiliations Enteric Diseases and Vaccines Research Unit, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8038-7107

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• Obvious N. Chilyabanyama,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Enteric Diseases and Vaccines Research Unit, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Fraser Liswaniso,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Enteric Diseases and Vaccines Research Unit, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Caroline C. Chisenga,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Enteric Diseases and Vaccines Research Unit, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Roma Chilengi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Enteric Diseases and Vaccines Research Unit, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Gordon Dougan,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Geoffrey Kwenda,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Subhra Chakraborty ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: schakr11@jhu.edu (SC); Michelo.Simuyandi@cidrz.org (MS)

  Affiliation Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Michelo Simuyandi

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: schakr11@jhu.edu (SC); Michelo.Simuyandi@cidrz.org (MS)

  Affiliation Enteric Diseases and Vaccines Research Unit, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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