Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Laboratory Confirmation of Buruli Ulcer Disease—Towards a Point-of-Care Test

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Beissner, Marcus ^a   Phillips, Richard Odame ^b   Battke, Florian ^c   Bauer, Malkin ^a   Badziklou, Kossi ^d   Sarfo, Fred Stephen ^b   Maman, Issaka ^d   Rhomberg, Agata ^a   Piten, Ebekalisai ^e   Frimpong, Michael ^f   Huber, Kristina Lydia ^a   Symank, Dominik ^a   Jansson, Moritz ^a   Wiedemann, Franz Xaver ^g   Banla Kere, Abiba ^d   Herbinger, Karl Heinz ^a   Löscher, Thomas ^a   Bretzel, Gisela ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c Battke Scientia GmbH   (Germany)

^d MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Togo)

^e Centre Hospitalier Régional Maritime CHR Maritime   (Togo)

^f KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^g Klinikum der Ludwig Maximilians Universität München   (Togo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DRY REAGENT BASED LAMP ASSAY; DRY REAGENT BASED PCR; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHOTOMETRY; PLASMID; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949501546     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004219     Document Type: Article

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