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Loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP): a new generation of innovative gene amplification technique; perspectives in clinical diagnosis of infectious diseases.

Manmohan Parida, Santhosh Sannarangaiah, Paban Kumar Dash, P V L Rao, Kouichi Morita

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Review in Reviews in medical virology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 282 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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282citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

282 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Manmohan ParidaDivision of Virology, Defence Research & Development Establishment, Gwalior 474002, MP, India. paridamm@rediffmail.com
Santhosh Sannarangaiah
Paban Kumar Dash
P V L Rao
Kouichi Morita

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a powerful innovative gene amplification technique emerging as a simple rapid diagnostic tool for early detection and identification of microbial diseases. The whole procedure is very simple and rapid wherein the amplification can be completed in less than 1 h under isothermal conditions employing a set of six specially designed primers spanning eight distinct sequences of a target gene, by incubating all the reagents in a single tube. Gene amplification products can be detected by agarose gel electrophoresis as well as by real-time monitoring in an inexpensive turbidimeter. Gene copy number can also be quantified with the help of a standard curve generated from different concentrations of gene copy number plotted against time of positivity with the help of a real-time turbidimeter. Alternatively, gene amplification can be visualised by the naked eye either as turbidity or in the form of a colour change when SYBR Green I, a fluorescent dsDNA intercalating dye, is employed. LAMP does not require a thermal cycler and can be performed simply with a heating block and/or water bath. Considering the advantages of rapid amplification, simple operation and easy detection, LAMP has potential applications for clinical diagnosis as well as surveillance of infectious diseases in developing countries without requiring sophisticated equipment or skilled personnel.

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AnimalsCommunicable DiseasesDNA PrimersDNA VirusesHumansNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesRNA VirusesRNA Virus InfectionsSensitivity and SpecificityDNA Primers

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PMID18716992
PMCPMC7169140

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