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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Self-Sampled Gargle Water Direct RT-LAMP as a Screening Method for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Infections.

Skaiste Arbaciauskaite, Pouya Babakhani, Natalia Sandetskaya, Dalius Vitkus, Ligita Jancoriene, Dovile Karosiene, Dovile Karciauskaite, Birute Zablockiene, Dirk Kuhlmeier

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Skaiste ArbaciauskaiteDepartment of Diagnostics, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI, Perlickstraße 1, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6874-1583
Pouya BabakhaniDepartment of Computer Science, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4201-6820
Natalia SandetskayaDepartment of Diagnostics, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI, Perlickstraße 1, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Dalius VitkusInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, M.K. Ciurlionio 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0003-0912-4125
Ligita JancorieneClinic of Infectious Diseases and Dermatovenerology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, M.K. Ciurlionio 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0001-6488-6312
Dovile KarosieneCentre of Laboratory Medicine, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Santariskiu 14, LT-08406 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Dovile KarciauskaiteInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, M.K. Ciurlionio 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Birute ZablockieneClinic of Infectious Diseases and Dermatovenerology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, M.K. Ciurlionio 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Dirk KuhlmeierDepartment of Diagnostics, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI, Perlickstraße 1, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9125-7260
Vilnius University · LTFraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology · DEUniversity of Bath · GBVilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos · LT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We assessed the viability of self-sampled gargle water direct RT-LAMP (LAMP) for detecting SARS-CoV-2 infections by estimating its sensitivity with respect to the gold standard indirect RT-PCR of paired oro-nasopharyngeal swab samples. We also assessed the impact of symptom onset to test time (STT)-i.e., symptom days at sampling, on LAMP. In addition, we appraised the viability of gargle water self-sampling versus oro-nasopharyngeal swab sampling, by comparing paired indirect RT-PCR results. 202 oro-nasopharyngeal swab and paired self-sampled gargle water samples were collected from hospital patients with COVID-19 associated symptoms. LAMP, indirect and direct RT-PCR were performed on all gargle water samples, and indirect RT-PCR was performed on all oro-nasopharyngeal samples. LAMP presented a sensitivity of 80.8% (95% CI: 70.8-90.8%) for sample pairs with sub-25 Ct oro-nasopharyngeal indirect RT-PCR results, and 77.6% (66.2-89.1%) sensitivity for sub-30 Ct samples with STT ≤ 7 days. STT, independently of Ct value, correlated negatively with LAMP performance. 80.7% agreement was observed between gargle water and oro-nasopharyngeal indirect RT-PCR results. In conclusion, LAMP presents an acceptable sensitivity for low Ct and low STT samples. Gargle water may be considered as a viable sampling method, and LAMP as a screening method, especially for symptomatic persons with low STT values.

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COVID-19direct RT-LAMPgargle waterLAMPloop-mediated isothermal amplificationRT-PCRSARS-CoV-2self-samplingviral diseases

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PMID35453823
PMCPMC9030430
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