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Analysis, quantification, and visualization of RT-LAMP technique for detection of COVID-19

Ghazimoradi, M. H.; Daryani, M.; Gharshasbi, M.; Zolghadr, E.; Khalafizadeh, A.; Babashah, S.

2021-07-19 infectious diseases
10.1101/2021.07.15.21260528 medRxiv
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BackgroundSARS-Cov-2 is a new virus that caused an epidemic disease, COVID-19. According to the world health organization, detecting the patients/carriers is by the far the most important action to prevent the pandemic. Recently, the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technique has become more popular due to the easy handling of a one-step kit used for the detection of many diseases than RT-PCR-based techniques. methodsHerein, we used the RT-LAMP technique so as to detect COVID-19. To this end, 40 paired-samples of patients and healthy people had been collected and tested by RT-PCR for N and E genes of SARS-CoV-2. The RT-LAMP test has been performed on samples for the RdRp gene. The sensitivity and specificity of tests have been determined. ResultsThe testing results are consistent with the conventional RT-qPCR. Additionally, we also showed that a one-step process without RNA extraction is feasible to achieve RNA amplification directly from a sample. ConclusionWe confirmed that RT-LAMP is a rapid, simple, and sensitive method that can be used as a large-screening method, particularly in regional hospitals with limited access to high-technologies.

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