Employing digital PCR for enhanced detection of perinatal Toxoplasma gondii infection: A cross-sectional surveillance and maternal-infant outcomes study in El Salvador

• Mary K. Lynn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Marvin Stanley Rodriguez Aquino,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Research and Development Center (CENSALUD), University of El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador

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• Pamela Michelle Cornejo Rivas,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Research and Development Center (CENSALUD), University of El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador

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• Xiomara Miranda,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hospital Nacional “Dr Jorge Mazzini Villacorta”, Ministerio de Salud, Sonsonate, El Salvador

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• David F. Torres-Romero,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador

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• Hanson Cowan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Madeleine M. Meyer,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Willber D. Castro-Godoy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Health Research and Development Center (CENSALUD), University of El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador

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• Mufaro Kanyangarara,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Stella C. W. Self,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Berry A. Campbell,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prisma Health, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Melissa S. Nolan

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: msnolan@mailbox.sc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8579-5372

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