Evaluation of LAMP for the diagnosis of Loa loa infection in dried blood spots compared to PCR-based assays and microscopy.

Thuy-Huong Ta-TangPedro BerzosaJosé Miguel RubioMaría Romay-BarjaPolicarpo NcogoDiego AgudoZaida HerradorLaura Cerrada-GálvezAgustín Benito

Published in: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2022)

Loa-LAMP is an appropriate method for loiasis diagnosis in endemic areas. Though, it has disadvantages like the reagents' high price at the moment and not to be able to detect more filarial species at once.

Keyphrases

loop mediated isothermal amplification
high throughput
high resolution
single molecule
optical coherence tomography
high speed
mass spectrometry
single cell
label free
real time pcr