A comparative study of isothermal nucleic acid amplification methods for SARS-CoV-2 detection at point-of-care
Open Access
- 25 May 2020
- preprint content
- Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Abstract
COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has spread worldwide and put most of the world under lockdown. Despite that there have been emergently approved vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have remained rising. Thus, rapid diagnosis and necessary public health measures are still key parts to contain the pandemic. In this study, the colorimetric isothermal nucleic acid amplification tests (iNAATs) for SARS-CoV-2 detection based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), cross-priming amplification (CPA), and polymerase spiral reaction (PSR) were designed and evaluated. The three methods showed the same limit of detection (LOD) value of 1 copy of the targeted gene per reaction. However, for the direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 genomic-RNA, LAMP outperformed both CPA and PSR, exhibiting the LOD value of roughly 43.14 genome copies/reaction. The results can be read with the naked eye within 45 minutes, without cross-reactivity to closely related coronaviruses. Moreover, the direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in simulated patient specimens by iNAATs was also successful. Finally, the ready-to-use lyophilized reagents for LAMP reactions were shown to maintain the sensitivity and LOD value of the liquid assays. The results indicate that the colorimetric lyophilized LAMP kit developed herein is highly suitable for detecting SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acids at point-of-care.Keywords
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