Development of Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assays Using Five Primers Reduces the False-positive Rate in COVID-19 Diagnosis
Alhamid, G.; Tombuloglu, H.; Al-Suhaimi, E.
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The reverse-transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) is a cheaper and faster testing alternative for detecting SARS-CoV-2. However, high false-positive rate due to misamplification is one of the major limitations. To overcome misamplifications, we developed colorimetric and fluorometric RT-LAMP assays. The assay performances was verified by the gold-standard RT-qPCR technique on 150 clinical samples. Compared to other primer sets with six primers (N, S, and RdRp), E-ID1 primer set, including five primers, performed superbly on both colorimetric and fluorometric assays, yielding sensitivities of 89.5% and 100%, respectively, with a limit of detection of 20 copies/{micro}L. The colorimetric RT-LAMP had a specificity of 97.2% and an accuracy of 94.5%, while the fluorometric RT-LAMP obtained 96.9% and 98%, respectively. No misamplification was evident even after 120 minutes, which is crucial for the success of this technique. These findings are important to support the use of RT-LAMP in the healthcare systems in fighting COVID-19.
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