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Gaydos, C.A., Quinn, T.C. (2002). Ligase Chain Reaction for Detecting Sexually Transmitted Diseases. In: Specter, S., Bendinelli, M., Friedman, H. (eds) Rapid Detection of Infectious Agents. Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46807-7_6

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