Research Article

Lateral Flow Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Test with Stem Primers: Detection of Cryptosporidium Species in Kenyan Children Presenting with Diarrhea

Table 1

Nucleotide sequences for Cryptosporidium hominis and parvum for stem SAM-1 LAMP test. Degenerate primers have been underlined and made bold.

TargetPrimer nameSequence (5′-3′)BasesFinal amplicon size

SAM-1F3GAGGATGGGGTGCTCATGG19220 bp
B3CCTTATTAACTATCTCCAGYAG22
FIPGACTTTGCAACAAGYCTTGCCAGCATTTAGCGGGAAAGATG41
BIPATTGGAATAGCAARGCCTTTATCGTCATTATACCCATCTTTCGC44
LFCRCCTGAYCTATCTACTTTAG21
LBCTRTATATTAATACATTTGGCAC23
SFTACACAAKCCAGAAAAGACG20
SBTGTTTGGTRCAGGTTTCATATG20
ProbeCTTGTGTAGCAGATGTTTGGTACAGG
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