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This research aims to evaluate an instrument-free LAMP procedure for the molecular diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS).

May 2, 2026Open Access

Next step towards point-of-care molecular diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS): evaluation of an instrument-free LAMP procedure

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This research aims to evaluate an instrument-free LAMP procedure for the molecular diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS).
Validated a Schistosoma haematobium-specific LAMP procedure using a Temperature-cup device.
Conducted technical validation with 20 negative controls and clinical validation on 125 vaginal swab DNA samples.
Compared IGS-Sh-LAMP results with standard ITS-2 qPCR quantification cycle values.
IGS-Sh-LAMP demonstrated 100% specificity and 35.2% positivity compared to qPCR's 33.6%, with 79.2% concordance.
Detected 14 additional FGS cases missed by qPCR, particularly in low DNA level samples.
User-friendly T-cup IGS-Sh-LAMP showed variable miss rates among positive samples, indicating potential limitations.

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Randomized trial evaluates instrument-free LAMP for molecular diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis, suggesting a practical solution for low-resource settings.

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Bergen et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f5949771405d493afff756 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpara.2024.1297310/full

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Randomized trial evaluates instrument-free LAMP for molecular diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis, suggesting a practical solution for low-resource settings.

Next step towards point-of-care molecular diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS): evaluation of an instrument-free LAMP procedure

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Next step towards point-of-care molecular diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS): evaluation of an instrument-free LAMP procedure

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