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Fig. 1 | Parasites & Vectors

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From: Mobile suitcase laboratory for rapid detection of Leishmania donovani using recombinase polymerase amplification assay

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The mobile suitcase laboratories. The mobile set up was built to host all reagents and equipment to perform the SpeedXtract (left suitcase). Another suitcase was used to perform the RPA assay (right suitcase). The extraction workplace includes in addition to the standard equipment, a heat block and a magnetic stand, while the detection suitcase contains the tubescanner. The size of each suitcase is 56 × 45.5 × 26.5 cm. The bottom of the suitcase was stuffed with foam cubes to absorb shocks. On the top of the foam, a PVC layer was fixed. This PVC layer contained cutouts to host the equipment. All the edges around the equipment and the edges of the case on the PVC layer were glued with hot glue

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