Parasitic infections among pregnant women at first antenatal care visit in northern Ghana: A study of prevalence and associated factors

• Benjamin Ahenkorah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Biochemistry and Hematology Units, Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, Bolgatanga-Upper East Region, Ghana, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medical and Health Science, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

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• Kwabena Nsiah,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Peter Baffoe,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation United Nations Children’s Fund, Accra, Ghana

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• Winfred Ofosu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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• Charles Gyasi,

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

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

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• Eddie-Williams Owiredu

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

  * E-mail: eddiewilliams.owiredu@gmail.com

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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4499-0678

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