Inhibition of polymerase chain reaction: Pathogen-specific controls are better than human gene amplification

• Guillaume Roux,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Centre Hospitalier de Gap, Laboratoire de Biologie, Gap, France

  Affiliation Univ. Montpellier, and Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) of Nîmes, Nîmes, France

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• Christophe Ravel,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Univ. Montpellier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) of Montpellier, Dept. of Parasitology-Mycology, Research Unit MiVEGEC, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France

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• Emmanuelle Varlet-Marie,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Univ. Montpellier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) of Montpellier, Dept. of Parasitology-Mycology, Research Unit MiVEGEC, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France

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• Rachel Jendrowiak,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Univ. Montpellier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) of Montpellier, Dept. of Parasitology-Mycology, Research Unit MiVEGEC, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France

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• Patrick Bastien,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Univ. Montpellier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) of Montpellier, Dept. of Parasitology-Mycology, Research Unit MiVEGEC, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France

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• Yvon Sterkers

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yvon.sterkers@umontpellier.fr

  Affiliation Univ. Montpellier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) of Montpellier, Dept. of Parasitology-Mycology, Research Unit MiVEGEC, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5623-5664

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