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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/80643, first published .
Scientist uses Flash Dx device for diagnostic testing, touching screen

Novel Multiplex Near–Point-of-Care PCR Assay for Detecting Sexually Transmitted Infections Among PrEP Users in Western Kenya: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Pilot Study With an Epidemiological Assessment

Novel Multiplex Near–Point-of-Care PCR Assay for Detecting Sexually Transmitted Infections Among PrEP Users in Western Kenya: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Pilot Study With an Epidemiological Assessment

Aarman Sohaili   1, 2 * , MSc ;   Felix Mogaka   3 * , MD ;   Zoïe Alexiou   2 , MSc ;   Victor Ocholla Omollo   3 , MD ;   Servaas A Morre   4, 5, 6 , PhD ;   Elizabeth Anne Bukusi   3 , PhD ;   Pierre P M Thomas   4 , PhD

1 Microbe & Lab BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2 Department of Social Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

3 Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

4 Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

5 Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences, Dutch Chlamydia trachomatis Reference Laboratory, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

6 Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Jacob Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Allahabad, India

*these authors contributed equally

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