In 1998, when the PCR technique was already popular, a Japanese company called Eiken
Chemical Co., Ltd. designed a method known as the loop-mediated isothermal amplification …

Loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) amplifies DNA with high specificity,
efficiency and rapidity under isothermal conditions by using a DNA polymerase with high …

Introduction: Over the past decade, loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)
technology has played an important role in molecular diagnostics. Amongst numerous …

Current multiplexed diagnostics for Zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses are situated
outside the intersection of affordability, high performance, and suitability for use at the point …

Dengue virus (DENV) belongs to the family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus. It is a single-
stranded positive-sense ribonucleic acid virus with 10,700 bases. The genus Flavivirus …

The recent outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas and its devastating developmental
and neurological manifestations has prompted the development of field-based diagnostics …

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), coupled with reverse transcription (RT),
has become a popular technique for detection of viral RNA due to several desirable …

The dengue virus (DENV) is a vector-borne flavivirus that infects around 390 million
individuals each year with 2.5 billion being in danger. Having access to testing is paramount …

Zika virus (ZIKV) has emerged as a major global public health concern in the last two years
due to its link as a causative agent of human birth defects. Its rapid expansion into the …

As a rapidly developing field, paper-based microfluidic devices (μPADs) are expected to
have profound implications, especially for in vitro diagnosis. In particular, integrated μPADs …