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Estimating Community Prevalence of Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis Infection using Pooled Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing

Kathryn J. RayF.I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA
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Zhaoxia ZhouF.I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA
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Vicky CevallosF.I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA
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Stephanie ChinF.I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA
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Wayne EnanoriaF.I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA;Division of Epidemiology, University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health San Francisco, CAUSA
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Fengchen LuiF.I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA;School of Information Science and Technology, Donghua University ShanghaiChina
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Thomas M. LietmanF.I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA;Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA;Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA;Institute for Global Health, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA
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Travis C. PorcoF.I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA;Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, CAUSA;Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, CAUSACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 86-91 | Received 26 Mar 2012, Accepted 16 Aug 2013, Published online: 12 Mar 2014

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