Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

March 3, 2020

Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Using Reverse transcription RT-LAMP method

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  • This study evaluated the use of RT-LAMP for diagnosing COVID-19. Sensitivity was similar to RT-PCR and specificity was 99%. 

Yang et al. (Mar 2, 2020). Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Using Reverse transcription RT-LAMP method. Pre-print downloaded Mar 3 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.02.20030130