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SUBMITTER: Njiru ZK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3347114 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Njiru Zablon K ZK Yeboah-Manu Dorothy D Stinear Timothy P TP Fyfe Janet A M JA
Journal of clinical microbiology 20120222 5
This work reports the design and evaluation of a rapid loop-mediated isothermal amplification test for detecting Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA based on the multicopy insertion sequence IS2404. The test is robust and specific with a detection limit equivalent to 20 copies of the target sequence (0.01 to 0.1 genome). The test has potential for the diagnosis of Buruli ulcer under field conditions. ...[more]