Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Bartonella bacilliformis in Experimentally Infected Sand Flies by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) of the Pap31 Gene

• Nasikarn Angkasekwinai ,

  * E-mail: nasikarn@gmail.com

  Affiliations Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Erin H. Atkins,

  Affiliations Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Richard N. Johnson,

  Affiliation Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• John P. Grieco,

  Affiliation Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Wei Mei Ching,

  Affiliations Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Chien Chung Chao

  Affiliations Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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