Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for point-of-care detection of asymptomatic low-density malaria parasite carriers in Zanzibar

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cook, Jackie ^a,b   Aydin Schmidt, Berit ^a   González, Iveth J ^c   Bell, David ^d   Edlund, Elin ^a   Nassor, Majda H ^e   Msellem, Mwinyi ^e   Ali, Abdullah ^e   Abass, Ali K ^e   Mårtensson, Andreas ^a,f   Björkman, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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

^c FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^d Intellectual Ventures Laboratory   (United States)

^e and Children   (Tanzania)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Diagnostics; Elimination; LAMP; Low density; Malaria; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MASS SCREENING AND TREATMENT; PILOT STUDY; PLASMODIUM; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SCALE UP; TANZANIA; TRAINING; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD; EVALUATION STUDY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924178900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0573-y     Document Type: Article

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