SynthesisParasites & vectors2022
Diagnosis of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) protocols: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Diagnostic accuracy of serological rk-39 test for visceral Leishmaniasis: Systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Diagnostic performance of CL Detect rapid-immunochromatographic test for cutaneous leishmaniasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluation of a commercial real-time PCR assay targeting Leishmania spp. with microscopically positive skin biopsies obtained from Nigerian patients.European journal of microbiology & immunology · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Technique in Swab Samples from Ulcerated Cutaneous Lesions Compared with Conventional Diagnostic Methods for American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in Patients Treated at a Reference Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Article
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- LAMP-coupled CRISPR-Cas12a assays: A promising new tool for molecular diagnosis of leishmaniasis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Renal Alterations Secondary to Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Scoping Review.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2026Article
- Preclinical evaluation of immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a recombinant chimeric protein vaccine against visceral leishmaniasis.Parasitology · 2025Article
- Advances and Challenges in the Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis.Molecular diagnosis & therapy · 2025Review
- Unravelling drug resistance in leishmaniasis: genomic adaptations and emerging therapies.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2025Review
- Simplified molecular diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis: Laboratory evaluation of miniature direct-on-blood PCR nucleic acid lateral flow immunoassay.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Visceral leishmaniasis misdiagnosed as an upper respiratory infection and iron-deficiency anemia in a 20-month-old male patient: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2024Article
- Comparison of the Diagnostic Performances of Five Different Tests in Diagnosing Visceral Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Region of Ethiopia.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Recombinase-based amplification coupled with lateral flow chromatography for the specific and sensitive detection and identification ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
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- Handheld Ultra-Fast Duplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays and Lateral Flow Detection and Identification ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A Novel Multiplex LAMP Assay for the Rapid and Accurate Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis Caused byJournal of tropical medicine · 2023Article
- Advances in phage display based nano immunosensors for cholera toxin.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A 2022 Updated Narrative Review into Diagnosis and Management Developments.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2022Review
- Development of an immunogen containing CD4Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Sensitive, reliable and fast diagnostic tools that are applicable in low-resource settings, at the point of care (PoC), are seen as crucial in the fight against visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Addressing the need for a PoC test, several diagnostic tests, including serological and molecular methods, have been developed and evaluated in the past. One promising molecular method, already implemented for diagnosis of a range of diseases, is the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) protocol. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, using a comprehensive search strategy, we focus on studies evaluating the performance of LAMP for the diagnosis of leishmaniasis in humans and other mammals such as dogs, compared with microscopy and/or any other molecular diagnostic method. A meta-analysis, pooling sensitivity and specificity rates and calculating areas under the curve (AUCs) in summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) plots, was conducted on datasets extracted from studies, grouped by clinical condition and sample type. We found high sensitivity and specificity for LAMP when compared with microscopy and PCR using blood samples, with pooled estimate values of > 90% for all subgroups, corresponding to calculated AUC values > 0.96, except for LAMP compared to microscopy for diagnosis of CL. However, only a limited number of studies were truly comparable. Most of the observed heterogeneity is likely based on true differences between the studies rather than sampling error only. Due to simple readout methods and low laboratory equipment requirements for sample preparation compared to other molecular methods, LAMP is a promising candidate for a molecular (near-)PoC diagnostic method for VL and CL.
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