“…There has been a clear emphasis on the diagnosis of viral and bacterial infections (8,11,13,16,17,35,37,42), but parasites such as Plasmodium falciparum (36) and Trypanosoma spp. (19,44) and pathogenic fungi such as Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (7) and Ochroconis gallopava (34) have also been addressed. LAMP-based approaches have been applied to a wide range of samples, such as paraffin-embedded tissues (7), whole blood (36), nasopharyn-geal swabs (17,40), dental plaques (23), eggs (13), and potato leaf samples (32).…”