No widespread dissemination of Chlamydia trachomatis diagnostic-escape variants and the impact of Neisseria gonorrhoeae positivity on the Aptima Combo 2 assay

Michelle Jayne Cole; Grahame S Davis; Helen Fifer; John Michael Saunders; Magnus Unemo; Ronza Hadad; David J Roberts; Mohammed Fazal; Michaela Joanne Day; Jack Minshull; Peter Muir; Paddy J Horner; Noel O Gill; Kate Folkard

doi:10.1136/sextrans-2021-054988

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No widespread dissemination of Chlamydia trachomatis diagnostic-escape variants and the impact of Neisseria gonorrhoeae positivity on the Aptima Combo 2 assay

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Michelle Jayne Cole National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Grahame S Davis National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Helen Fifer National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John Michael Saunders National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Magnus Unemo WHO Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and Other STIs, National Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Orebro, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ronza Hadad WHO Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and Other STIs, National Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Orebro, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David J Roberts National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mohammed Fazal National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michaela Joanne Day National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jack Minshull National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Muir Bristol Public Health Laboratory, Public Health England, Bristol, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Paddy J Horner School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Bristol Sexual Health Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Noel O Gill National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kate Folkard National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Michelle Jayne Cole, Public Health England, London NW9 5EQ, UK; Michelle.Cole{at}phe.gov.uk

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Cole MJ, Davis GS, Fifer H, et al

No widespread dissemination of Chlamydia trachomatis diagnostic-escape variants and the impact of Neisseria gonorrhoeae positivity on the Aptima Combo 2 assay

Sexually Transmitted Infections 2022;98:366-370.

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Received January 28, 2021
Accepted September 4, 2021
First published September 11, 2021.

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July 25, 2022

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