Field Evaluation of a High Throughput Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification Test for the Detection of Asymptomatic Plasmodium Infections in Zanzibar

Berit Aydin-Schmidt; Ulrika Morris; Xavier C. Ding; Irina Jovel; Mwinyi I. Msellem; Daniel Bergman; Atiqul Islam; Abdullah S. Ali; Spencer Polley; Iveth J. Gonzalez; Andreas Mårtensson; Anders Björkman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169037

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Field Evaluation of a High Throughput Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification Test for the Detection of Asymptomatic Plasmodium Infections in Zanzibar

Berit Aydin-Schmidt ,

* E-mail: berit.schmidt@ki.se

Affiliations Centre for Malaria Research, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9216-5616

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Ulrika Morris,

Affiliation Centre for Malaria Research, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Xavier C. Ding,

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva, Switzerland
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Irina Jovel,

Affiliation Centre for Malaria Research, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Mwinyi I. Msellem,

Affiliation Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Programme, Ministry of Health, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Daniel Bergman,

Affiliation Centre for Malaria Research, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Atiqul Islam,

Affiliation Centre for Malaria Research, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Abdullah S. Ali,

Affiliation Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Programme, Ministry of Health, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Spencer Polley,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Parasitology, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Iveth J. Gonzalez,

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva, Switzerland
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Andreas Mårtensson,

Affiliation Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, International Maternal and Child Health (IMCH), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Anders Björkman

Affiliation Centre for Malaria Research, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Field Evaluation of a High Throughput Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification Test for the Detection of Asymptomatic Plasmodium Infections in Zanzibar

Berit Aydin-Schmidt,
Ulrika Morris,
Xavier C. Ding,
Irina Jovel,
Mwinyi I. Msellem,
Daniel Bergman,
Atiqul Islam,
Abdullah S. Ali,
Spencer Polley,
Iveth J. Gonzalez

Published: January 17, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169037

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