About the Authors
- David S. Boyle
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Contributed equally to this work with: David S. Boyle, Ruth McNerney
Affiliation Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Seattle, WA, United States of America
- Ruth McNerney
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Contributed equally to this work with: David S. Boyle, Ruth McNerney
Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Hwee Teng Low
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Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Brandon Troy Leader
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Affiliation Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Seattle, WA, United States of America
- Ailyn C. Pérez-Osorio
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Affiliation Washington State Department of Health, Public Health Laboratories, Shoreline, WA, United States of America
- Jessica C. Meyer
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Affiliation TwistDx Limited, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Denise M. O'Sullivan
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Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- David G. Brooks
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Affiliation TwistDx Limited, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Olaf Piepenburg
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Affiliation TwistDx Limited, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Matthew S. Forrest
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* E-mail: m.forrest@twistdx.co.uk
Affiliation TwistDx Limited, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
JCM, DGB, OP, and MSF are employed by TwistDx, and have a stake in the success of its technology. TwistDx is one of the funders of this study and is a UK-based company, with a commercial interest in the use of the RPA technology for the detection of hospital-acquired pathogens. TwistDx Ltd, is the developer and manufacturer of RPA technology and is part of the of the Alere group of companies. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors. DSB, BTL, APO, RM, HTL, and DOS have no financial interests in this technology.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DSB RM APO DGB OP MSF. Performed the experiments: DSB HTL BTL APO DMO JCM MSF. Analyzed the data: DSB RM MSF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DSB RM APO MSF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DSB RM MSF.