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ArticleJournal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology2021

Performance of the RT-LAMP-based eazyplex® SARS-CoV-2 as a novel rapid diagnostic test.

Renate Egerer, Birgit Edel, Bettina Löffler, Andreas Henke, Jürgen Rödel

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Article in Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Renate EgererInstitute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Birgit EdelInstitute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Bettina LöfflerInstitute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Andreas HenkeSection of Experimental Virology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Jürgen RödelInstitute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany. Electronic address: juergen.roedel@med.uni-jena.de.
Jena University Hospital · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDiagnostic assays for severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that are easy to perform and produce fast results are essential for timely decision making regarding the isolation of contagious individuals.

objectiveWe evaluated the CE-approved eazyplex® SARS-CoV-2, a ready-to-use real time RT-LAMP assay for identification of the SARS-CoV-2 N and ORF8 genes from swabs in less than 30 min without RNA extraction. STUDY

designOropharyngeal and nasal swabs from 100 positive and 50 negative patients were inoculated into 0.9 % saline and tested by NeuMoDx™ RT-PCR. An aliquot was diluted fivefold in Copan sputum liquefying (SL) solution and directly analyzed by eazyplex® SARS-CoV-2. In addition, 130 patient swabs were prospectively tested with both methods in parallel. Analytical sensitivity of the assay was determined using virus stock dilutions.

resultsPositive percent agreement (PPA) between the eazyplex® SARS-CoV-2 and RT-PCR was 74 % for samples with Ct values < 35. When using a Ct cut-off ≤ 28 the PPA increased to 97.4 %. In the prospective part of the study overall PPA of the eazyplex® kit was 66.7 % but increased to 100 % when only Ct values ≤ 28 were considered. There were no false positive results. The median time to positivity was 12.5 min for the N gene and 16.75 min for ORF8. Analytical sensitivity was 3.75 TCID

conclusionThe eazyplex® SARS-CoV-2 is a rapid assay that accurately identifies samples with high viral loads. It may be useful for near-patient testing outside of a molecular diagnostic laboratory.

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COVID-19COVID-19 Nucleic Acid TestingDiagnostic Tests, RoutineHumansNasopharynxOropharynxPoint-of-Care TestingRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2RNA, ViralPOCRapid diagnostic testRT-LAMPSARS-CoV-2Without RNA extraction

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PMID33836452
PMCPMC8015392
OpenAlexW3152433390

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