Evaluation of the Illumigene Malaria LAMP: A Robust Molecular Diagnostic Tool for Malaria Parasites

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Lucchi, Naomi W ^a   Gaye, Marie ^b   Diallo, Mammadou Alpha ^b   Goldman, Ira F ^a   Ljolje, Dragan ^c   Deme, Awa Bineta ^b   Badiane, Aida ^c   Ndiaye, Yaye Die ^c   Barnwell, John W ^a   Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam ^a   Ndiaye, Daouda ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; FILTRATION; GRAVITY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENEGAL; UNITED STATES; WORKFLOW; GENETICS; MALARIA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84995451782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep36808     Document Type: Article

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