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Table 3 Comparative evaluation of stem-18S LAMP, standard and published LAMP test and PCR in detection of E. histolytica DNA in clinical samples (n = 126)

From: Stem loop-mediated isothermal amplification test: comparative analysis with classical LAMP and PCR in detection of Entamoeba histolytica in Kenya

Type of test

Accelerating primers

No. positive

Reference

Stem 18S LAMP

Loop and stem

36 (28.6%)

This study

Standard LAMP

Loop

26 (20.6%)

This study

Published LAMP

none

20 (15.9%)

Liang et al. [32]

PCRa

n/a

18 (14.3%)

Hamzah et al. [20]

  1. aPCR positive samples were positive using all LAMP formats