Mitochondrial DNA targets increase sensitivity of malaria detection using loop-mediated isothermal amplification

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2866-2871

  Polley, Spencer D ^a   Mori, Yasuyoshi ^b   Watson, Julie ^a   Perkins, Mark D ^c   González, Iveth J ^c   Notomi, Tsugunori ^b   Chiodini, Peter L ^a,d   Sutherland, Colin J ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b EIKEN CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77955436764     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00355-10     Document Type: Article

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