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Peer-reviewed
Research Article
Failure of PCR to Detect Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue DNA in Blood in Latent Yaws
Failure of PCR to Detect Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue DNA in Blood in Latent Yaws
- Michael Marks,
- Samantha Katz,
- Kai-Hua Chi,
- Ventis Vahi,
- Yongcheng Sun,
- David C. Mabey,
- Anthony W. Solomon,
- Cheng Y. Chen,
- Allan Pillay
- Published: June 30, 2015
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003905
About the Authors
- Michael Marks
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Marks, Samantha Katz
* E-mail: Michael.marks@lshtm.ac.uk
Affiliations Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom
- Samantha Katz
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Marks, Samantha Katz
Affiliation Laboratory Reference and Research Branch, Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Kai-Hua Chi
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Affiliation Laboratory Reference and Research Branch, Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Ventis Vahi
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Affiliation Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Honiara, Solomon Islands
- Yongcheng Sun
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Affiliation Laboratory Reference and Research Branch, Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- David C. Mabey
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Affiliations Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom
- Anthony W. Solomon
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Affiliations Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom
- Cheng Y. Chen
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Affiliation Laboratory Reference and Research Branch, Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Allan Pillay
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Affiliation Laboratory Reference and Research Branch, Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MM AWS DCM CYC AP. Performed the experiments: MM SK KHC VV YS AP. Analyzed the data: MM SK VV YS AWS DCM CYC AP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM CYC AP. Wrote the paper: MM SK KHC VV YS AWS DCM CYC AP.