Highly sensitive detection of malaria parasitemia in a malaria-endemic setting: Performance of a new loop-mediated isothermal amplification kit in a remote clinic in Uganda

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 645-652

  Hopkins, Heidi ^a   González, Iveth J ^a   Polley, Spencer D ^c   Angutoko, Patrick ^a   Ategeka, John ^a   Asiimwe, Caroline ^a   Agaba, Bosco ^b   Kyabayinze, Daniel J ^a   Sutherland, Colin J ^c,d,e   Perkins, Mark D ^a   Bell, David ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HPA Malaria Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Africa; Diagnosis; DNA; LAMP; Loop mediated isothermal amplification; Malaria; Molecular diagnosis; PCR; Plasmodium falciparum; Polymerase chain reaction; Sensitivity and specificity; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

AFRICA; DIAGNOSIS; DNA; LAMP; LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MALARIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PCR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880951891     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit184     Document Type: Article

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