Illuminating the Prevalence of Trypanosoma brucei s.l. in Glossina Using LAMP as a Tool for Xenomonitoring.

• Main Authors: Lucas J Cunningham (Author), Jessica K Lingley (Author), Lee R Haines (Author), Joseph M Ndung'u (Author), Stephen J Torr (Author), Emily R Adams (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:As the reality of eliminating human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) by 2020 draws closer, the need to detect and identify the remaining areas of transmission increases. Here, we have explored the feasibility of using commercially available LAMP kits, designed to detect the Trypanozoon group...