Using detergent to enhance detection sensitivity of African trypanosomes in human CSF and blood by loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP).

• Main Authors: Dennis J Grab (Author), Olga V Nikolskaia (Author), Noboru Inoue (Author), Oriel M M Thekisoe (Author), Liam J Morrison (Author), Wendy Gibson (Author), J Stephen Dumler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay, with its advantages of simplicity, rapidity and cost effectiveness, has evolved as one of the most sensitive and specific methods for the detection of a broad range of pathogenic microorganisms including African...