Evaluation of the loop mediated isothermal DNA amplification (LAMP) kit for malaria diagnosis in P. vivax endemic settings of Colombia.

• Main Authors: Andrés F Vallejo (Author), Nora L Martínez (Author), Iveth J González (Author), Myriam Arévalo-Herrera (Author), Sócrates Herrera (Author)
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• 出版: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Most commonly used malaria diagnostic tests, including microscopy and antigen-detecting rapid tests, cannot reliably detect low-density infections which are frequent in low transmission settings. Molecular methods such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are highly sensitive but remain too laborious...