Development of a rapid, simple method for detecting Naegleria fowleri visually in water samples by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Mahittikorn, Aongart ^a   Mori, Hirotake ^a   Popruk, Supaluk ^a   Roobthaisong, Amonrattana ^b,c   Sutthikornchai, Chantira ^a   Koompapong, Khuanchai ^a   Siri, Sukhontha ^a   Sukthana, Yaowalark ^a   Nacapunchai, Duangporn ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLOODING; KAPPA STATISTICS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THAILAND; VIRULENCE;

NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

WATER;

NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; VIRULENCE; WATER;

EID: 84926671370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120997     Document Type: Article

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