About the Authors
- Bettina Stieber
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* E-mail: Bettina.Stieber@clondiag.com
Affiliations Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Infectognostics Forschungscampus Jena, Jena, Germany
- Stefan Monecke
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Affiliations Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Infectognostics Forschungscampus Jena, Jena, Germany
- Elke Müller
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Affiliations Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany, Infectognostics Forschungscampus Jena, Jena, Germany
- Joseph Büchler
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Affiliation Alere San Diego, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Ralf Ehricht
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Affiliations Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany, Infectognostics Forschungscampus Jena, Jena, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: B. Stieber, S. Monecke, E. Muüller and R. Ehricht are employees of Alere Technologies, J. Buüchler is an employee of Alere San Diego and B. Stieber, S. Monecke, E. Muüller and R. Ehricht are affiliated to Infectognostics Forschungscampus. The system used herein might in the future be developed to be a commercial product. This does not affect the authors' adherence to all the PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BS RE. Performed the experiments: BS EM. Analyzed the data: BS EM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS SM JB. Wrote the paper: BS SM RE.