Assessment of a multiplex arbovirus PCR Detection Test in an area endemic for Chikungunya, Zika, and Dengue viruses: An evaluation of kit performance characteristics in line with Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Standards

• Leonard Kingwara ,

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

  * E-mail: leonard.kingwara@gmail.com

  Affiliation Kenya National Public Health Institute, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6883-267X

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• Lazarus Odeny,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Amref Health Africa, Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7472-3760

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• Vera Onwonga,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Kenya National Public Health Institute, Kenya

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• Rukia Madada,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation

  Affiliation Kenya National Public Health Institute, Kenya

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• Marygorett Mbeneka,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Kenya National Public Health Institute, Kenya

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• Jully Okonji,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Kenya National Public Health Institute, Kenya

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• Victoria Mwende,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Kenya National Public Health Institute, Kenya

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• Charles Rombo,

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

  Affiliation Kenya National Public Health Institute, Kenya

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• Shalyn Akasa,

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

  Affiliation Kenya National Public Health Institute, Kenya

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• Millicent Ndia,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Kenya National Public Health Institute, Kenya

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• Fredrick Ouma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Kenya National Public Health Institute, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7361-9080

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• Isabella Ayagah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Kenya National Public Health Institute, Kenya

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• Abdi Roba,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Kenya National Public Health Institute, Kenya

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• Kamene Kimenye

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Kenya National Public Health Institute, Kenya

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