Development of a highly sensitive loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method for the detection of Loa loa.

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Published in PLoS One on April 10, 2014

Authors

Pedro Fernández-Soto1, Prosper Obolo Mvoulouga1, Jean Paul Akue2, Julio López Abán1, Belén Vicente Santiago1, Miguel Cordero Sánchez3, Antonio Muro1

Author Affiliations

1: IBSAL-CIETUS (Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca-Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Tropicales de la Universidad de Salamanca), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
2: Deparment of Medical Parasitology, Centre International de Recherches Medicales de Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville, Gabon.
3: Department of Infectious Diseases, Service of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.

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