Development of a highly sensitive Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) method for the detection of Loa loa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Fernández Soto, Pedro ^a   Mvoulouga, Prosper Obolo ^a   Akue, Jean Paul ^b   Abán, Julio López ^a   Santiago, Belén Vicente ^a   Sánchez, Miguel Cordero ^c   Muro, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GENOMIC DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOA LOA; LOIASIS; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURBIDITY; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PROCEDURES;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; LOA; LOIASIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84899550920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094664     Document Type: Article

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