Development and evaluation of a rapid and simple diagnostic assay for COVID-19 based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification.

• Main Authors: Rokusuke Yoshikawa (Author), Haruka Abe (Author), Yui Igasaki (Author), Saeki Negishi (Author), Hiroaki Goto (Author), Jiro Yasuda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly pathogenic novel coronavirus that has caused a worldwide outbreak. Here we describe a reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay that uses a portable device for efficient detection of SARS-CoV-...