Evaluation of the Loop Mediated Isothermal DNA Amplification (LAMP) Kit for Malaria Diagnosis in P. vivax Endemic Settings of Colombia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Vallejo, Andrés F ^a   Martínez, Nora L ^a   González, Iveth J ^b   Arévalo Herrera, Myriam ^a,c   Herrera, Sócrates ^a  

^a Caucaseco Scientific Research Center   (Colombia)

^b FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOMBIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; GENETICS; INFANT; MALARIA, VIVAX; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

DIAGNOSTIC KIT; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922245362     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003453     Document Type: Article

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