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Rapid point-of-care detection of SARS-CoV-2 using reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP).
Mautner, Lena; Baillie, Christin-Kirsty; Herold, Heike Marie; Volkwein, Wolfram; Guertler, Patrick; Eberle, Ute; Ackermann, Nikolaus; Sing, Andreas; Pavlovic, Melanie; Goerlich, Ottmar; Busch, Ulrich; Wassill, Lars; Huber, Ingrid; Baiker, Armin.
  • Mautner L; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinaerstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
  • Baillie CK; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinaerstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
  • Herold HM; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinaerstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
  • Volkwein W; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinaerstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
  • Guertler P; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinaerstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
  • Eberle U; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinaerstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
  • Ackermann N; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinaerstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
  • Sing A; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinaerstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
  • Pavlovic M; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinaerstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
  • Goerlich O; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinaerstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
  • Busch U; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinaerstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
  • Wassill L; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinaerstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
  • Huber I; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinaerstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
  • Baiker A; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinaerstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany. armin.baiker@lgl.bayern.de.
Virol J ; 17(1): 160, 2020 10 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-883583
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Fast, reliable and easy to handle methods are required to facilitate urgently needed point-of-care testing (POCT) in the current coronavirus pandemic. Life-threatening severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly spread all over the world, infecting more than 33,500,000 people and killing over 1 million of them as of October 2020. Infected individuals without any symptoms might still transfer the virus to others underlining the extraordinary transmissibility of this new coronavirus. In order to identify early infections effectively, treat patients on time and control disease spreading, rapid, accurate and onsite testing methods are urgently required.

RESULTS:

Here we report the development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) based method to detect SARS-CoV-2 genes ORF8 and N directly from pharyngeal swab samples. The established reverse transcription LAMP (RT-LAMP) assay detects SARS-CoV-2 directly from pharyngeal swab samples without previous time-consuming and laborious RNA extraction. The assay is sensitive and highly specific for SARS-CoV-2 detection, showing no cross reactivity when tested on 20 other respiratory pathogens. The assay is 12 times faster and 10 times cheaper than routine reverse transcription real-time polymerase chain reaction, depending on the assay used.

CONCLUSION:

The fast and easy to handle RT-LAMP assay amplifying specifically the genomic regions ORF8 and N of SARS-CoV-2 is ideally suited for POCT at e.g. railway stations, airports or hospitals. Given the current pandemic situation, rapid, cost efficient and onsite methods like the here presented RT-LAMP assay are urgently needed to contain the viral spread.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Coronavirus Infections / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Diagnostic study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Animals / Humans Language: English Journal: Virol J Journal subject: Virology Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S12985-020-01435-6

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Coronavirus Infections / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Diagnostic study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Animals / Humans Language: English Journal: Virol J Journal subject: Virology Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S12985-020-01435-6