Evaluating diagnostic indicators of urogenital Schistosoma haematobium infection in young women: A cross sectional study in rural South Africa

• Hashini Nilushika Galappaththi-Arachchige ,

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

  * E-mail: hashiniga@gmail.com

  Affiliations Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases Ullevaal, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0273-3959

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• Sigve Holmen,

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

  Affiliation Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases Ullevaal, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo Norway

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• Artemis Koukounari,

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

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Elisabeth Kleppa,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases Ullevaal, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo Norway

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• Pavitra Pillay,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Clinical Technology, Durban University of Technology, KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa

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• Motshedisi Sebitloane,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Patricia Ndhlovu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Imperial College London, Claybrook Centre, London, United Kingdom

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• Lisette van Lieshout,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands

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• Birgitte Jyding Vennervald,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Section for Parasitology and Aquatic Diseases, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Svein Gunnar Gundersen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Unit, Sorlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway, Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway

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• Myra Taylor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases Ullevaal, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo Norway, Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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