Sensitive and less invasive confirmatory diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Sudan using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP).

• Main Authors: Maowia Mukhtar (Author), Sababil S Ali (Author), Salah A Boshara (Author), Audrey Albertini (Author), Séverine Monnerat (Author), Paul Bessell (Author), Yasuyoshi Mori (Author), Yutaka Kubota (Author), Joseph M Ndung'u (Author), Israel Cruz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Confirmatory diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), as well as diagnosis of relapses and test of cure, usually requires examination by microscopy of samples collected by invasive means, such as splenic, bone marrow or lymph node aspirates. This causes discomfort to patients, with risks of bleedin...