Evaluation of Loopamp™ Leishmania Detection Kit and Leishmania Antigen ELISA for Post-Elimination Detection and Management of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bangladesh

Evaluation of Loopamp™ Leishmania Detection Kit and Leishmania Antigen ELISA for Post-Elimination Detection and Management of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bangladesh

With reduced prevalence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Indian subcontinent (ISC), direct and field deployable diagnostic tests are needed to implement an effective diagnostic and surveillance algorithm for post-elimination VL control. In this regard, here we investigated the diagnostic effica...

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Main Authors: Faria Hossain, Albert Picado, Sophie I. Owen, Prakash Ghosh, Rajashree Chowdhury, Shomik Maruf, Md. Anik Ashfaq Khan, Md. Utba Rashid, Rupen Nath, James Baker, Debashis Ghosh, Emily R. Adams, Malcolm S. Duthie, Md. Sakhawat Hossain, Ariful Basher, Proggananda Nath, Fatima Aktar, Israel Cruz, Dinesh Mondal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
visceral leishmaniasis
diagnosis
LAMP
qPCR
urine ELISA
elimination
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.670759/full

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