Direct blood dry LAMP: a rapid, stable, and easy diagnostic tool for Human African Trypanosomiasis.

• Main Authors: Kyoko Hayashida (Author), Kiichi Kajino (Author), Lottie Hachaambwa (Author), Boniface Namangala (Author), Chihiro Sugimoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a rapid and sensitive tool used for the diagnosis of a variety of infectious diseases. One of the advantages of this method over the polymerase chain reaction is that DNA amplification occurs at a constant temperature, usually between 60-65°C; therefo...