Confirmatory assays are essential when using molecular testing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in low-prevalence settings: insights from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3)

Nigel Field; Soazig Clifton; Sarah Alexander; Catherine A Ison; Gwenda Hughes; Simon Beddows; Clare Tanton; Kate Soldan; Filomeno Coelho da Silva; Catherine H Mercer; Kaye Wellings; Anne M Johnson; Pam Sonnenberg

doi:10.1136/sextrans-2014-051850

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Confirmatory assays are essential when using molecular testing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in low-prevalence settings: insights from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3)

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Nigel Field Research Department of Infection & Population Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Soazig Clifton Research Department of Infection & Population Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK NatCen Social Research, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sarah Alexander Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Unit, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Catherine A Ison Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Unit, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gwenda Hughes Public Health England, National Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Simon Beddows Virus Reference Department, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Clare Tanton Research Department of Infection & Population Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kate Soldan Public Health England, National Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Filomeno Coelho da Silva Virus Reference Department, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Catherine H Mercer Research Department of Infection & Population Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kaye Wellings Department of Social and Environmental Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anne M Johnson Research Department of Infection & Population Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pam Sonnenberg Research Department of Infection & Population Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Nigel Field, Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, London WC1E 6JB, UK; nigel.field{at}ucl.ac.uk

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Field N, Clifton S, Alexander S, et al

Sexually Transmitted Infections 2015;91:338-341.

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Received September 11, 2014
Accepted November 19, 2014
First published December 15, 2014.

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May 13, 2016

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