Reduction of non-typeable results using a plasmid oriented Lymfogranuloma venereum PCR for typing of Chlamydia trachomatis positive samples

Pieter Willem Smit; Akke Rosanne Cornelissen; Sylvia Maria Bruisten

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0233990

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Reduction of non-typeable results using a plasmid oriented Lymfogranuloma venereum PCR for typing of Chlamydia trachomatis positive samples

Pieter Willem Smit,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Public Health Laboratory (GGD) Amsterdam, Department of infectious diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Medical Microbiology Laboratory, Maasstad ziekenhuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Akke Rosanne Cornelissen,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Public Health Laboratory (GGD) Amsterdam, Department of infectious diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Sylvia Maria Bruisten

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

* E-mail: sbruisten@ggd.amsterdam.nl

Affiliations Public Health Laboratory (GGD) Amsterdam, Department of infectious diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute (AI&II), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4897-4261

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Reduction of non-typeable results using a plasmid oriented Lymfogranuloma venereum PCR for typing of Chlamydia trachomatis positive samples

Pieter Willem Smit,
Akke Rosanne Cornelissen,
Sylvia Maria Bruisten

Published: June 4, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233990

About the Authors

Pieter Willem Smit

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Public Health Laboratory (GGD) Amsterdam, Department of infectious diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Medical Microbiology Laboratory, Maasstad ziekenhuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Akke Rosanne Cornelissen

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Public Health Laboratory (GGD) Amsterdam, Department of infectious diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Sylvia Maria Bruisten

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

* E-mail: sbruisten@ggd.amsterdam.nl

Affiliations Public Health Laboratory (GGD) Amsterdam, Department of infectious diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute (AI&II), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4897-4261

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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