Evaluation of a rapid Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) test for the laboratory diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections

• Martina Brandolini ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Martina Brandolini, Laura Grumiro

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

  * E-mail: martina.brandolini3@unibo.it

  Affiliations Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy, Department Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC)—Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1558-032X

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• Laura Grumiro ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Martina Brandolini, Laura Grumiro

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

  Affiliations Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy, Department Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC)—Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2297-3009

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• Patrizia Farabegoli,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy

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• Giorgio Dirani,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy

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• Silvia Zannoli,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy

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• Irene Zaghi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna, Italy

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• Massimiliano Guerra,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy

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• Francesca Taddei,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy, Department Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC)—Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Giulia Gatti,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy

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• Anna Marzucco,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3236-6525

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• Maria Sofia Montanari,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy

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• Alessandra Mistral De Pascali,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliations Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy, Department Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC)—Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8662-0782

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• Simona Semprini,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy

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• Monica Cricca,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliations Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy, Department Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC)—Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Vittorio Sambri

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliations Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Cesena, Italy, Department Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC)—Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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