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ArticleiScience2023

Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)-based electrochemical test for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2.

Khushboo Borah Slater, Muhammad Ahmad, Aurore Poirier, Ash Stott, Bianca Sica Siedler, Matthew Brownsword, Jai Mehat, Joanna Urbaniec, Nicolas Locker, Yunlong Zhao and 3 more

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Article in iScience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Khushboo Borah SlaterSchool of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
Muhammad AhmadAdvanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
Aurore PoirierSchool of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
Ash StottAdvanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
Bianca Sica SiedlerSchool of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
Matthew BrownswordSchool of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
Jai MehatSchool of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
Joanna UrbaniecSchool of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
Nicolas LockerSchool of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
Yunlong ZhaoAdvanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
Roberto La RagioneSchool of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
S Ravi P SilvaAdvanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
Johnjoe McFaddenSchool of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
University of Surrey · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapid, reliable, sensitive, portable, and accurate diagnostics are required to control disease outbreaks such as COVID-19 that pose an immense burden on human health and the global economy. Here we developed a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)-based electrochemical test for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19. The test is based on the oxidation-reduction reaction between pyrophosphates (generated from positive LAMP reaction) and molybdate that is detected by cyclic voltammetry using inexpensive and disposable carbon screen printed electrodes. Our test showed higher sensitivity (detecting as low as 5.29 RNA copies/μL) compared to the conventional fluorescent reverse transcriptase (RT)-LAMP. We validated our tests using human serum and saliva spiked with SARS-CoV-2 RNA and clinical (saliva and nasal-pharyngeal) swab samples demonstrating 100% specificity and 93.33% sensitivity. Our assay provides a rapid, specific, and sensitive test with an electrochemical readout in less than 45 min that could be adapted for point-of-care settings.

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DevicesDiagnostic technique in health technology

Identifiers

PMID37664622
PMCPMC10470312
OpenAlexW4385704167

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