Comparison of DNA concentration and bacterial pathogen PCR detection when using two DNA extraction kits for nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal samples

• Dam Khan ,

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

  * E-mail: dkhan@mrc.gm (DK); mantonio@mrc.gm (MA)

  Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9834-8686

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• Shola-Able Thomas,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia

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• Peggy-Estelle Tientcheu,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia

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• Sambou M. S. Suso,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia

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• Christopher Dupont,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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• Brenda Kwambana-Adams,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

  Affiliations Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia, NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Mucosal Pathogens, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Nuredin Ibrahim Mohammed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia

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• Mark P. Nicol,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Infection and Immunity, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

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• Martin Antonio

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dkhan@mrc.gm (DK); mantonio@mrc.gm (MA)

  Affiliations Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia, Centre for Epidemic Preparedness and Response, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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