Validation of SYBR green I based closed tube loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay and simplified direct-blood-lysis (DBL)-LAMP assay for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL).

• Main Authors: Keerti Kaumudee Dixit (Author), Sandeep Verma (Author), Om Prakash Singh (Author), Dharmendra Singh (Author), Akhil Pratap Singh (Author), Ratan Gupta (Author), Narendra Singh Negi (Author), Pradeep Das (Author), Shyam Sundar (Author), Ruchi Singh (Author), Poonam Salotra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>The World Health Organization has targeted elimination of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Indian subcontinent (ISC) by 2020. Despite distinctive decline seen in the number of VL cases in ISC, there is still a quest for development of a diagnostic test which has the...