Point of care testing for malaria using lamp, loop mediated isothermal amplification

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1167-1169

  Hsiang, Michelle S ^a,b   Greenhouse, Bryan ^c   Rosenthal, Philip J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active case detection; Asia; Asymptomatic infection; LAMP; Loop mediated isothermal amplification; Malaria diagnosis; Malaria elimination; Point of care testing

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

18S RIBOSOMAL RNA GENE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ACTIVE CASE DETECTION; ASIA; FEMALE; LAMP; MALARIA DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA ELIMINATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA;

ACTIVE CASE DETECTION; ASIA; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; LAMP; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MALARIA DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA ELIMINATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84909987046     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu253     Document Type: Editorial

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