Highly sensitive molecular assay based on Identical Multi-Repeat Sequence (IMRS) algorithm for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis infection

• Clement Shiluli,

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

  Affiliation Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, College of Graduate Studies and Research, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1909-3791

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• Shwetha Kamath,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Research and Development, Jigsaw Bio Solutions Private Limited, Bangalore, India

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• Bernard N. Kanoi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, College of Graduate Studies and Research, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya

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• Racheal Kimani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, College of Graduate Studies and Research, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1614-4637

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• Bernard Oduor,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Animal and Human Health Program, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Hussein M. Abkallo,

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

  Affiliation Animal and Human Health Program, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Michael Maina,

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

  Affiliation Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, College of Graduate Studies and Research, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya

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• Harrison Waweru,

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

  Affiliation Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, College of Graduate Studies and Research, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya

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• Moses Kamita,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, College of Graduate Studies and Research, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya

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• Nicole Pamme,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Joshua Dupaty,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Catherine M. Klapperich,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Srinivasa Raju Lolabattu ,

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

  * E-mail: raju@jigsawbio.com (SRL); jgitaka@mku.ac.ke (JG)

  Affiliation Division of Research and Development, Jigsaw Bio Solutions Private Limited, Bangalore, India

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• Jesse Gitaka

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: raju@jigsawbio.com (SRL); jgitaka@mku.ac.ke (JG)

  Affiliation Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, College of Graduate Studies and Research, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7516-522X

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