Comparative detection of trypanosomal DNA by loop-mediated isothermal amplification and PCR from flinders technology associates cards spotted with patient blood

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2087-2090

  Matovu, Enock ^a   Kuepfer, Irene ^b   Boobo, Alex ^a   Kibona, Stafford ^c   Burri, Christian ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; SERUM RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM INSERTED MOBILE ELEMENT LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; SERUM RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; UGANDA;

BLOOD; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TANZANIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; UGANDA;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOZOON;

EID: 77952948692     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00101-10     Document Type: Article

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