Reply: Epidemiologic studies need asymptomatic controls

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¹ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany. Electronic address: soeren.becker@uks.eu.
² Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴ Département Environnement et Santé, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Côte d'Ivoire; Unité de Formation et de Recherche Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
⁵ Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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S L Becker et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Aug.

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. 2015 Aug;21(8):e53-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.04.024. Epub 2015 May 8.

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany. Electronic address: soeren.becker@uks.eu.
² Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴ Département Environnement et Santé, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Côte d'Ivoire; Unité de Formation et de Recherche Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
⁵ Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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Combined stool-based multiplex PCR and microscopy for enhanced pathogen detection in patients with persistent diarrhoea and asymptomatic controls from Côte d'Ivoire.
Becker SL, Chatigre JK, Gohou JP, Coulibaly JT, Leuppi R, Polman K, Chappuis F, Mertens P, Herrmann M, N'Goran EK, Utzinger J, von Müller L. Becker SL, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Jun;21(6):591.e1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.02.016. Epub 2015 Mar 3. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015. PMID: 25743578
Epidemiologic studies need asymptomatic controls.
Dubourg G, Fenollar F. Dubourg G, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Aug;21(8):e51-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.04.020. Epub 2015 May 8. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015. PMID: 25964155 No abstract available.