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ArticleScientific reports2023

Development of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays using five primers reduces the false-positive rate in COVID-19 diagnosis.

Galyah Alhamid, Huseyin Tombuloglu, Ebtesam Al-Suhaimi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Galyah AlhamidMaster Program of Biotechnology, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia.
Huseyin TombulogluDepartment of Genetics Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia. htoglu@iau.edu.sa.
Ebtesam Al-SuhaimiBiology Department, College of Science and Institute of Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia.
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The reverse-transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) is a cheaper and faster testing alternative for detecting SARS-CoV-2. However, a high false-positive rate due to misamplification is one of the major limitations. To overcome misamplifications, we developed colorimetric and fluorometric RT-LAMP assays using five LAMP primers, instead of six. The gold-standard RT-PCR technique verified the assays' performance. Compared to other primer sets with six primers (N, S, and RdRp), the E-ID1 primer set, including five primers, performed superbly on both colorimetric and fluorometric assays. The sensitivity of colorimetric and fluorometric assays was 89.5% and 92.2%, respectively, with a limit of detection of 20 copies/µL. The colorimetric RT-LAMP had a specificity of 97.2% and an accuracy of 94.5%, while the fluorometric RT-LAMP obtained 99% and 96.7%, respectively. No misamplification was evident even after 120 min, 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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COVID-19COVID-19 TestingHumansMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2Sensitivity and SpecificityRNA, Viral

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PMCPMC10044074
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