Evaluating the utility of the Allplex STI Essential Assay to determine the occurrence of urogenital sexually transmitted infections among symptomatic and asymptomatic patients in Cape Town, South Africa

• Clinton Moodley ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: c.moodley@uct.ac.za

  Affiliations Division of Medical Microbiology, Anzio Road Observatory, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, National Health Laboratory Service, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7547-9026

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• Hafsah Tootla,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Medical Microbiology, Anzio Road Observatory, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, National Health Laboratory Service, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Imaan Amien,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, Anzio Road Observatory, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Mark E. Engel

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Cape Heart Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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