Contributors
Kuenzang Dorji:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0885-8533
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SoftwareRole:
SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original draftRole:
Writing – review & editing
Sonam ChhodenR: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Kinley Wangchuk: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original
draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Sonam Zangpo: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original
draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Shacha Tenzin: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original
draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Chenga Dawa:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5921-1342
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
SoftwareRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Puja Devi Samal: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
SoftwareRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Nima: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
SoftwareRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Jigme Tshering: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
SoftwareRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Choney Wangmo: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
SoftwareRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Sonam Zangpo:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6212-0724
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: SoftwareRole: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: Writing
– review & editing
Kinley Dorji:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1914-0831
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
ResourcesRole: SoftwareRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Sonam Tshewang: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
ResourcesRole: SoftwareRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Zivanai Cuthbert Chapanduka: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
1
September
2022
Publication date Collection: 2022
Volume: 17
Issue: 9
Electronic Location Identifier: e0273778
Affiliations
[1
]
Quality Assurance and Standardization Division, Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Thimphu,
Bhutan
[2
]
Faculty of Postgraduate Medicine, Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of
Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan
[3
]
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral
Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan
[4
]
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Eastern Regional Referral Hospital,
Mongar, Bhutan
[5
]
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Central Regional Referral Hospital
Gelephu, Gelephu, Bhutan
[6
]
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Bajo Hospital, Wangdue Phodrang,
Bhutan
[7
]
Department of emergency, Bajo Hospital, Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan
Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SOUTH AFRICA
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
‡ ST, CD, PDS, N, JT, CW, SZ, KD and ST also contributed equally to this work.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-22-15438
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273778
PMC ID: 9436133
PubMed ID: 36048813
SO-VID: fdaf49a4-9b52-48c6-85f8-87815eb483fc
Copyright © © 2022 Dorji et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
History
Date
received
: 27
May
2022
Date
accepted
: 15
August
2022
Page count
Figures: 0,
Tables: 7,
Pages: 21
Funding
Funded by:
Quality Assurance and Standardization Division (QASD), Ministry of Health (MoH), Royal
Government of Bhutan (RGoB).
Award Recipient
:
Kuenzang Dorji
The study was supported by the Quality Assurance and Standardization Division (QASD),
Ministry of Health (MoH), Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB).
https://www.moh.gov.bt/ The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to
publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Categories
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Research and Analysis Methods
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Bioassays and Physiological Analysis
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Biochemical Analysis
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Clinical Chemistry
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Hematology
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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People and Places
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Geographical Locations
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Asia
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Bhutan
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Anatomy
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Body Fluids
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Blood
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Platelets
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Anatomy
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Body Fluids
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Blood
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Platelets
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Physiology
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Blood
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Platelets
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Cell Biology
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Cellular Types
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Animal Cells
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Blood Cells
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Platelets
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People and Places
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Population Groupings
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Age Groups
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Research and Analysis Methods
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Cell Enumeration Techniques
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Total Cell Counting
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Cell Biology
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Cellular Types
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Animal Cells
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Blood Cells
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Red Blood Cells
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