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ArticleJournal of virological methods2017

Lyophilized visually readable loop-mediated isothermal reverse transcriptase nucleic acid amplification test for detection Ebola Zaire RNA.

Christoph Carter, Kevan Akrami, Drew Hall, Davey Smith, Eliah Aronoff-Spencer

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Article in Journal of virological methods, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Diagnostic potential of rhinovirus C using reverse-transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP).International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Christoph CarterUniversity of California, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, 9500 Gilman Drive # 0711, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92093-0711, USA. Electronic address: christoph.c.carter@gmail.com.
Kevan AkramiUniversity of California, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 9500 Gilman Drive, Jacobs Hall, Room 4805, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA. Electronic address: kakrami@ucsd.edu.
Drew HallUniversity of California, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, 9500 Gilman Drive # 0711, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92093-0711, USA; University of California, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 9500 Gilman Drive, Jacobs Hall, Room 4805, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA. Electronic address: drewhall@ucsd.edu.
Davey SmithUniversity of California, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 9500 Gilman Drive, Jacobs Hall, Room 4805, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA. Electronic address: davey@ucsd.edu.
Eliah Aronoff-SpencerUniversity of California, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 9500 Gilman Drive, Jacobs Hall, Room 4805, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA. Electronic address: earonoffspencer@ucsd.edu.

Funding

VirologyP30AI036214 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI David Mitchell Smith · 1994 to 2026
$78.4M
HOPE Training GrantT32AI007384 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Sara Gianella Weibel, Scott L Letendre · 1990 to 2026
$9.7M
Mentoring Translational Research in HIVK24AI100665 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SMITH, DAVID MITCHELL · 2012 to 2021
$1.5M
Detection and Characterization of HIV-1 Intraclade Dual InfectionR21AI077304 · NIAID · VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FDN/SAN DIEGO · PI SMITH, DAVID MITCHELL · 2008 to 2009
$381k
Combined Testing to Identify Virologic Failure and HIV-1 Drug ResistanceR03EB015365 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SMITH, DAVID MITCHELL · 2014 to 2015
$233k
NIAID NIH HHS K24 AI100665NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI036214NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI077304NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007384NIBIB NIH HHS R03 EB015365
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent viral outbreaks highlight the need for reliable, yet broadly deployable diagnostics for detection of epidemic and emerging pathogens. In this study we designed and optimized methods to visually detect viral nucleic acid by isothermal amplification and SYBR dye intercalation. We designed and tested loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) primers and lyophilized reactions to optimize the detection of Zaire Ebola Virus (ZEBOV) and further evolved the LAMP platform to allow room-temperature storage for deployment in resource limited settings. Our results demonstrated excellent sensitivity and specificity for viral nucleic acid sequences with lower limits of detection of less than 100 copies. Moreover, lyophilized reaction mixtures retained activity for prolonged periods under dry conditions at room temperature. This approach offers a way for detection of emerging viruses in resource limited settings.

Indexed as

Reagent Kits, DiagnosticReverse TranscriptionEbolavirusFreeze DryingHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesRNA, ViralSensitivity and SpecificityTemperatureReagent Kits, DiagnosticRNA, ViralEbolaLyophilizedNucleic-acid-amplificationReverse-transcriptase

Identifiers

PMID28242293
PMCPMC5568651

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