Validation of SYBR green I based closed tube loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay and simplified direct-blood-lysis (DBL)-LAMP assay for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL)

• Keerti Kaumudee Dixit ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Keerti Kaumudee Dixit, Sandeep Verma

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, Safdarjung Hospital Campus, New Delhi, India, Faculty of Health and Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India

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• Sandeep Verma ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Keerti Kaumudee Dixit, Sandeep Verma

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Current address: NextGen Invitro Diagnostics (P) Limited, Gurugram, India.

  Affiliation ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, Safdarjung Hospital Campus, New Delhi, India

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• Om Prakash Singh,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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• Dharmendra Singh,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: Department of Biochemistry, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases (ICMR), Taj Ganj, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

  Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRIMS), Patna, India

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• Akhil Pratap Singh,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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• Ratan Gupta,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Safdarjung Hospital and Vardhman Mahavir Medical college, New Delhi, India

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• Narendra Singh Negi,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Safdarjung Hospital and Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi, India

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• Pradeep Das,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRIMS), Patna, India

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• Shyam Sundar,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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• Ruchi Singh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, Safdarjung Hospital Campus, New Delhi, India

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• Poonam Salotra

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: poonamsalotra@hotmail.com

  Affiliation ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, Safdarjung Hospital Campus, New Delhi, India

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4057-4872

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