Viability PCR shows that non-ocular surfaces could contribute to transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in trachoma

• Bart Versteeg ,

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

  * E-mail: aalbertus.versteeg@lshtm.ac.uk

  Affiliation Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2606-8057

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• Hristina Vasileva,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Joanna Houghton,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9820-8122

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• Anna Last,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Oumer Shafi Abdurahman,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, The Fred Hollows Foundation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5415-2403

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• Virginia Sarah,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Fred Hollows Foundation, London, United Kingdom

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• David Macleod,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2371-5709

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• Anthony W. Solomon,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7101-6649

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• Martin J. Holland,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5828-6318

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• Nicholas Thomson,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Parasites and Microbes, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom

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• Matthew J. Burton

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1872-9169

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