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Standardisation is necessary in urogenital and extragenital Chlamydia trachomatis bacterial load determination by quantitative PCR: a review of literature and retrospective study

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  • Jeanne A M C Dirks Department of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, School of Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands Department of Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Public Health Service South Limburg, Geleen, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christian J P A Hoebe Department of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, School of Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands Department of Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Public Health Service South Limburg, Geleen, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Geneviève A F S van Liere Department of Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Public Health Service South Limburg, Geleen, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nicole H T M Dukers-Muijrers Department of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, School of Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands Department of Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Public Health Service South Limburg, Geleen, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Petra F G Wolffs Department of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, School of Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Jeanne A M C Dirks, Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht 6229 HX, The Netherlands; anne.dirks{at}mumc.nl
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Dirks JAMC, Hoebe CJPA, van Liere GAFS, et al
Standardisation is necessary in urogenital and extragenital Chlamydia trachomatis bacterial load determination by quantitative PCR: a review of literature and retrospective study
Sexually Transmitted Infections 2019;95:562-568.

Publication history

  • Received January 2, 2018
  • Revised October 17, 2018
  • Accepted November 25, 2018
  • First published February 7, 2019.
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November 20, 2019

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