Comparison of quantitative real-time PCR and direct immunofluorescence for the detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii

• Bhavani Moodley ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bhavanim@nicd.ac.za

  Affiliation Centre for Emerging, Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2344-3811

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• Stefano Tempia,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Influenza Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pretoria, South Africa, Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• John Andrew Frean

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Emerging, Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Wits Research Institute for Malaria, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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