Diagnosis of <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> malaria at very low parasitaemias using a commercially available LAMP assay and RDT
LAMP has higher sensitivity than current UK recommended methods, with a potential to review the requirement for additional days of testing in the majority of patients.
Authors
- Thomas A. Rawlinson
- In Seok Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7047-7627)
- Jordan R. Barrett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0746-1945)
- Simon J. Draper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9415-1357)
- Angela M. Minassian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7832-9824)
- Sarah E. Silk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0563-4814)
- Nick J. Edwards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7030-7839)
- Ruth Payne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8490-671X)
- Yrene Themistocleous (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9285-6639)
Institutions
- Northern General Hospital (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Jenner Institute (GB)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Published
- 2025-05-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf050
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research