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Table 1 NINA- LAMP result compared with Giemsa-stained microscopy and nested PCR for the detection of Plasmodium parasite in 82 patient samples at Kola Diba health centre, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014

From: Evaluation of non-instrumented nucleic acid amplification by loop-mediated isothermal amplification (NINA-LAMP) for the diagnosis of malaria in Northwest Ethiopia

Giemsa microscopy ( n )

Primary NINA- LAMP result (n)

Nested PCR (n)

Positives (30),

Positives (38),

Positives (31),

P. falciparum (13)

P. falciparum (26)

P. falciparum (13)

P.vivax (17)

Non- P. falciparum (12)

P. vivax (11), P. ovale (7)

Negatives (52)

Negatives (44)

Negatives (51)

  1. n = number of blood samples examined; NINA = Non-instrumented nucleic acid amplification; LAMP = Loop-mediated isothermal amplification; nested PCR = nested polymerase chain reaction.
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Malaria Journal

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