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. 2020 Apr 20;103(1):253–259. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0243

Table 2.

Sensitivity and specificity of the LAMP assay on unextracted DNA compared with the reference standard CDC PCR assay

PCR result LAMP (unextracted)
Negative Positive Total
Negative 51 0 51
Positive 4 8 12
Total 55 8 63

LAMP = loop-mediated isothermal amplification; PCR = polymerase chain reaction.