Point-of-care bulk testing for SARS-CoV-2 by combining hybridization capture with improved colorimetric LAMP

Lukas Bokelmann; Olaf Nickel; Tomislav Maricic; Svante Pääbo; Matthias Meyer; Stephan Borte; Stephan Riesenberg

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21627-0

Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Point-of-care bulk testing for SARS-CoV-2 by combining hybridization capture with improved colorimetric LAMP

Lukas Bokelmann,
Olaf Nickel,
Tomislav Maricic,
Svante Pääbo,
Matthias Meyer,
Stephan Borte,
Stephan Riesenberg

Affiliations

Lukas Bokelmann: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Olaf Nickel: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital St. Georg
Tomislav Maricic: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Svante Pääbo: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Matthias Meyer: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Stephan Borte: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital St. Georg
Stephan Riesenberg: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21627-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Current SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic methods are sensitive yet poorly suited to testing whole communities on a regular basis. Here the authors present Cap-iLAMP that tests gargle lavage samples with an improved colorimetric RT-LAMP.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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