Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
March 3, 2020
Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Using Reverse transcription RT-LAMP method
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Testing and Treatment
- 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