Comparison of a Real-Time Multiplex PCR and Sequetyping Assay for Pneumococcal Serotyping

• Felix S. Dube ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Felix S. Dube, Suzan P. van Mens

  * E-mail: fdube82@gmail.com

  Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Suzan P. van Mens ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Felix S. Dube, Suzan P. van Mens

  Affiliations Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands

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• Lourens Robberts,

  Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Nicole Wolter,

  Affiliations Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis (CRDM), National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Paul Nicol,

  Affiliation The State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

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• Joseph Mafofo,

  Affiliation Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR), Cape Town, South Africa

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• Samantha Africa,

  Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Heather J. Zar,

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, MRC Unit on Child and Adolesscent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Mark P. Nicol

  Affiliations Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

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