Comparison of real time and malachite-green based loop-mediated isothermal amplification assays for the detection of Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum

• Keare A. Barazorda,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 6 (NAMRU-6), Lima, Peru, NGO Prisma, Lima, Peru

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• Carola J. Salas,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 6 (NAMRU-6), Lima, Peru

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• Danett K. Bishop,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 6 (NAMRU-6), Lima, Peru

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• Naomi Lucchi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Hugo O. Valdivia

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hugo.o.valdivia.ln@mail.mil

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 6 (NAMRU-6), Lima, Peru

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2159-5667

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