Point prevalence of asymptomatic Plasmodium infection and the comparison of microscopy, rapid diagnostic test and nested PCR for the diagnosis of asymptomatic malaria among children under 5 years in Ghana

• Bismark Okyere ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bismark Okyere, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Ty Dickerson

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Alex Owusu-Ofori ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bismark Okyere, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Ty Dickerson

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

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2172-8645

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• Daniel Ansong ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Child Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Rebecca Buxton ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Medical Laboratory Science Division, Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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• Scott Benson ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Division of Public Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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• Alex Osei-Akoto ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Child Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Eddie-Williams Owiredu ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Collins Adjei ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Evans Xorse Amuzu ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Joseph Marfo Boaheng ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Ty Dickerson

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bismark Okyere, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Ty Dickerson

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

  * E-mail: ty.dickerson@hsc.utah.edu

  Affiliation Division of Pediatric Inpatient Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7845-2571

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