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  1. Monica Desai1,
  2. Miguel Fernández-Huerta2,
  3. Marina Daskalopoulou3
  1. 1 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Manchester, UK
  2. 2 Microbiology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  3. 3 Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Monica Desai, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Manchester, UK; monica.desai{at}nice.org.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-054270

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