An assessment of false positive rates for malaria rapid diagnostic tests caused by non-Plasmodium infectious agents and immunological factors

• Michelle L. Gatton ,

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

  * E-mail: m.gatton@qut.edu.au

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1188-609X

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• Sadmir Ciketic,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

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• John W. Barnwell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Global Health, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Qin Cheng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Drug Resistance and Diagnostics, Australian Defence Force Malaria and Infectious Diseases Institute, Brisbane, Australia

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• Peter L. Chiodini,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Sandra Incardona,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation FIND (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics), Geneva, Switzerland

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• David Bell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Global Good Fund, Intellectual Ventures Lab, Bellevue, Washington, United States of America

  Affiliation FIND (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics), Geneva, Switzerland

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• Jane Cunningham,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global Malaria Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Iveth J. González

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation FIND (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics), Geneva, Switzerland

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