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  • Diagnosis of COVID is performed by PCR methods, but their capacity is limited by the requirement of high-level facilities and instruments. The loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method has been utilized for the detection of isolated virus-specific RNA. Preliminary data suggest the possibility of isothermal amplification directly from respiratory samples without RNA extraction. All patients admitted to our hospital were screened for SARS-CoV-2 by routine. Respiratory samples were tested by variplex system based on LAMP method directly without RNA extraction and by PCR. Primary endpoint was the false-negative rate of variplex test compared with PCR as gold standard. In 109 patients variplex test and PCR assay were performed simultaneously. Median age was 80 years and male/female ratio was 40/60%. The prevalence of PCR-confirmed COVID diagnosis was 43.1%. Variplex test was positive in 13.8%. False-negative rate of variplex test compared with PCR was 83.0%. The potential of LAMP technology using isolated RNA has been demonstrated impressively by others, and excellent sensitivity and specificity of detecting SARS-CoV-2 has been reported. However, without RNA extraction, the variplex test system failed to reliably detect SARS-CoV-2 directly in respiratory samples.
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  • 10.1007/s10096-020-03983-9
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?:journal
  • Eur_J_Clin_Microbiol_Infect_Dis
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  • cc-by
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/1fa026bcafa22a0dd5c400f43accfe2a6f2de7d5.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7367510.xml.json
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?:pmid
  • 32681309.0
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  • Medline; PMC
?:title
  • Variplex™ test system fails to reliably detect SARS-CoV-2 directly from respiratory samples without RNA extraction
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?:year
  • 2020-07-17

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