Development and clinical performance of high throughput loop-mediated isothermal amplification for detection of malaria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Perera, Rushini S ^a   Ding, Xavier C ^b   Tully, Frank ^c   Oliver, James ^c   Bright, Nigel ^d   Bell, David ^e   Chiodini, Peter L ^a,f   Gonzalez, Iveth J ^b   Polley, Spencer D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b Tuberculosis Program   (Switzerland)

^c 42 Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Porvair Sciences Ltd   (Norfolk Island)

^e Intellectual Ventures Laboratory   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; MALARIA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85011655289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171126     Document Type: Article

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