Single-test syphilis serology: A case of not seeing the forest for the trees

• Ethan Mabvuto Zulu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ethan Mabvuto Zulu, Julie M. Herlihy, Lawrence Mwananyanda, Leah Forman, Donald M. Thea

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ethan.zulu@righttocare-zambia.org, zulumabz.e@gmail.com

  Affiliation Right to Care Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8491-7346

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• Julie M. Herlihy ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ethan Mabvuto Zulu, Julie M. Herlihy, Lawrence Mwananyanda, Leah Forman, Donald M. Thea

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Cassandra R. Duffy ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Lawrence Mwananyanda ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ethan Mabvuto Zulu, Julie M. Herlihy, Lawrence Mwananyanda, Leah Forman, Donald M. Thea

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Roma Chilengi ,

  Roles Formal analysis

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Leah Forman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ethan Mabvuto Zulu, Julie M. Herlihy, Lawrence Mwananyanda, Leah Forman, Donald M. Thea

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Tim Heeren ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Christopher J. Gill ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Roy Chavuma †,

  † Deceased.

  Roles Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Right to Care Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Barbara Payne-Lohman ,

  Roles Conceptualization

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Institute for Immunology and Informatics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America

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• Donald M. Thea

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ethan Mabvuto Zulu, Julie M. Herlihy, Lawrence Mwananyanda, Leah Forman, Donald M. Thea

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

  Affiliation Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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