LAMP for human African trypanosomiasis: A comparative study of detection formats

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Wastling, Sally L ^a   Picozzi, Kim ^a   Kakembo, Abbas S L ^b   Welburn, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; DYE; HYDROXYNAPTHOL BLUE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MANGANESE CHLORIDE; PROTOZOAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TURBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA;

DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 78649800921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000865     Document Type: Article

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