A comprehensive evaluation of an artificial intelligence based digital pathology to monitor large-scale deworming programs against soil-transmitted helminths: A study protocol

• Peter K. Ward ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Peter K. Ward, Sara Roose

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

  * E-mail: peter.ward@enaiblers.com (PKW); Bruno.levecke@UGent.be (BL)

  Affiliations Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium, Enaiblers AB, Uppsala, Sweden, IDLab, Department of Electronics and information systems, Ghent University–Imec, Zwijnaarde, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6826-9290

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• Sara Roose ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Peter K. Ward, Sara Roose

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0072-9649

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• Mio Ayana,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Lindsay A. Broadfield,

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

  Affiliation Enaiblers AB, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Peter Dahlberg,

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

  Affiliation Enaiblers AB, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Narcis Kabatereine,

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

  Affiliation Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

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• Adama Kazienga,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Zeleke Mekonnen,

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

  Affiliation Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Betty Nabatte,

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

  Affiliation Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

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• Lieven Stuyver,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Scientific Advisor, Zottegem, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7818-9390

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• Fiona Vande Velde,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Sofie Van Hoecke,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation IDLab, Department of Electronics and information systems, Ghent University–Imec, Zwijnaarde, Belgium

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• Bruno Levecke

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

  * E-mail: peter.ward@enaiblers.com (PKW); Bruno.levecke@UGent.be (BL)

  Affiliation Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8912-5595

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