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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2020

A Sensitive Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Direct Visual Detection of SARS-CoV-2.

Yee Ling Lau, Ilyiana Binti Ismail, Nur Izati Binti Mustapa, Meng Yee Lai, Tuan Suhaila Tuan Soh, Afifah Haji Hassan, Kalaiarasu M Peariasamy, Yee Leng Lee, Pik Pin Goh

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Standardization and performance of SARS-CoV-2 RT-LAMP detection: a reliable, inexpensive, and alternative diagnostic assay.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yee Ling Lau1Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Ilyiana Binti Ismail2Department of Pathology, Hospital Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.
Nur Izati Binti Mustapa2Department of Pathology, Hospital Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.
Meng Yee Lai1Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tuan Suhaila Tuan Soh2Department of Pathology, Hospital Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.
Afifah Haji Hassan2Department of Pathology, Hospital Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.
Kalaiarasu M Peariasamy3Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.
Yee Leng Lee3Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.
Pik Pin Goh4Institute for Clinical Research (ICR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
Hospital Sungai Buloh · MYUniversity of Malaya · MYMinistry of Health · MY

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A simple and rapid reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay was developed for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. The RT-LAMP assay was highly specific for SARS-CoV-2 and was able to detect one copy of transcribed SARS-CoV-2 RNA within 24 minutes. Assay validation performed using 50 positive and 32 negative clinical samples showed 100% sensitivity and specificity. The RT-LAMP would be valuable for clinical diagnosis and epidemiological surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 infection in resource-limited areas as it does not require the use of sophisticated and costly equipment.

Indexed as

PandemicsCOVID-19COVID-19 TestingHumansMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesReverse TranscriptionRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2Sensitivity and SpecificityRNA, Viral

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PMID33098286
PMCPMC7695063
OpenAlexW3094182855

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