Unravelling Chlamydia trachomatis diversity in Amhara, Ethiopia: MLVA-ompA sequencing as a molecular typing tool for trachoma

• Anna J. Harte ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: annaharte27@hotmail.com

  Affiliation The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7338-7654

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• Ehsan Ghasemian,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Harry Pickering,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Joanna Houghton,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Ambahun Chernet,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Eshetu Sata,

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

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Gizachew Yismaw,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Amhara Regional Health Bureau, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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• Taye Zeru,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Amhara Regional Health Bureau, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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• Zerihun Tadesse,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• E. Kelly Callahan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Scott D. Nash,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Martin J. Holland

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

  Affiliation The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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

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