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Diagnostic Accuracy of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal PCR Assay for Detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi during Acute Scrub Typhus Infection

BACKGROUND: There is an urgent need to develop rapid and accurate point-of-care (POC) technologies for acute scrub typhus diagnosis in low-resource, primary health care settings to guide clinical therapy. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In this study we present the clinical evaluation of loop-mediat...

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Autores principales: Paris, Daniel H., Blacksell, Stuart D., Nawtaisong, Pruksa, Jenjaroen, Kemajittra, Teeraratkul, Achara, Chierakul, Wirongrong, Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Kantipong, Pacharee, Day, Nicholas P. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21931873
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001307