Diagnostic performance of a novel loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay targeting the apicoplast genome for malaria diagnosis in a field setting in sub-Saharan Africa

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Oriero, Eniyou C ^a,b,c   Okebe, Joseph ^a,b,c   Jacobs, Jan ^b,d   Van Geertruyden, Jean Pierre ^c   Nwakanma, Davis ^a   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^a,b,e  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Field based; LAMP; Malaria diagnosis; Microscopy; PCR; RDT; Resource limited settings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION KIT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; GAMBIA; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMP SYSTEM; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MICROBIAL GENOME; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURNAROUND TIME; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APICOPLASTS; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943536125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0926-6     Document Type: Article

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