The Simple One-step stool processing method for detection of Pulmonary tuberculosis: A study protocol to assess the robustness, stool storage conditions and sampling strategy for global implementation and scale-up

• Petra de Haas ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: petra.dehaas@kncvtbc.org

  Affiliation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3024-0198

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• Bazezew Yenew,

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

  Affiliation Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8505-7000

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• Getu Diriba,

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

  Affiliation Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0166-682X

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• Misikir Amare,

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

  Affiliation Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Andrii Slyzkyi,

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

  Affiliation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands

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• Yohannes Demissie,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Ethiopia Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Bihil Sherefdin,

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

  Affiliation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Ethiopia Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Ahmed Bedru,

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

  Affiliation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Ethiopia Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Endale Mengesha,

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

  Affiliation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Ethiopia Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Zewdu Gashu Dememew,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Ethiopia Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Abebaw Kebede,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Department of Microbial, Cellular and Molecular Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa CDC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Muluwork Getahun,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Edine Tiemersma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands

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• Degu Jerene

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

  Affiliation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands

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