Clinical evaluation of a loop-mediated amplification kit for diagnosis of imported malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 637-644

  Polley, Spencer D ^a   González, Iveth J ^e   Mohamed, Deqa ^a   Daly, Rosemarie ^a   Bowers, Kathy ^a   Watson, Julie ^a   Mewse, Emma ^b   Armstrong, Margaret ^b   Gray, Christen ^e   Perkins, Mark D ^e   Bell, David ^e   Kanda, Hidetoshi ^f   Tomita, Norihiro ^f   Kubota, Yutaka ^f   Mori, Yasuyoshi ^f   Chiodini, Peter L ^a,c   Sutherland, Colin J ^a,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HPA Malaria Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

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

^e FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^f Eiken Chemical   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; LAMP; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSTICS; LAMP; MALARIA;

ADULT; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL MEDICINE;

EID: 84880963778     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit183     Document Type: Article

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