Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
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ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
31
March
2017
Publication date Collection: 2017
Volume: 12
Issue: 3
Electronic Location Identifier: e0175166
Affiliations
[1
]Centre for Geographic Medicine Research–Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI),
Kilifi, Kenya
[2
]Laboratory Bacteriology Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University,
Ghent, Belgium
[3
]Pwani University, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences,
Kilifi, Kenya
[4
]HIV/STI Reference Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical
Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
[5
]Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, United Kingdom
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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Conceptualization: SCM MV EJS.
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Funding acquisition: SCM MV EJS.
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Project administration: SCM EJS.
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Writing – original draft: SCM.
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Writing – review & editing: SCM EW MV PC TC EJS.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-16-49726
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175166
PMC ID: 5375155
PubMed ID: 28362869
SO-VID: e9877bba-b054-43c4-a921-a326ff3efd62
Copyright © © 2017 Masha et al
License:
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the original author and source are credited.
Funded by: The Belgium Development Cooperation (VLIR-UOS)
Award ID: PhD funding 2014-2018
Award Recipient
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ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6283-2430
Simon Chengo Masha
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000200, United States Agency for International Development;
Award ID: IAVI-IRR 2014
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6283-2430
Simon Chengo Masha
SCM is supported for his PhD by the Belgian Development Cooperation. SCM received
Investigator initiated research funds from International AIDS Vaccine Initiative,
who are funded by USAID. The Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research
Programme (KWTRP) at the Centre for Geographical Medicine Research-Kilifi is supported
by core funding from the Wellcome Trust (#077092). The funders had no role in study
design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Bacterial Pathogens
Subject:
Chlamydia Trachomatis
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Bacterial Pathogens
Subject:
Chlamydia Trachomatis
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Bacteria
Subject:
Chlamydia
Subject:
Chlamydia Trachomatis
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
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Organisms
Subject:
Protists
Subject:
Trichomonas
Subject:
Trichomonas Vaginalis
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Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Diagnostic Medicine
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Signs and Symptoms
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Ulcers
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Signs and Symptoms
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Ulcers
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Women's Health
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Maternal Health
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Antenatal Care
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Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Urology
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Genitourinary Infections
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Bacterial Vaginosis
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject:
Bacterial Vaginosis
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Immunodeficiency Viruses
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Immunodeficiency Viruses
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Viruses
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Immunodeficiency Viruses
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Viruses
Subject:
Immunodeficiency Viruses
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and life sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Viruses
Subject:
RNA viruses
Subject:
Retroviruses
Subject:
Lentivirus
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Retroviruses
Subject:
Lentivirus
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Retroviruses
Subject:
Lentivirus
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Viruses
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Retroviruses
Subject:
Lentivirus
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Bacterial Pathogens
Subject:
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Bacterial Pathogens
Subject:
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Bacteria
Subject:
Neisseria
Subject:
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
