July 1, 2020

A Handheld Point-of-Care System for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in under 20 Minutes

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Testing and Treatment

• [pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A rapid point-of-care diagnostic test (< 20 min) using reverse transcriptase loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) and semiconductor technology to test extracted RNA samples has 90.6% sensitivity and 100% specificity when compared to RT-qPCR on 183 clinical samples. The portable diagnostic platform is paired with a smartphone for results visualization and geo-localization. 

Rodriguez-Manzano et al. (June 30, 2020). A Handheld Point-of-Care System for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in under 20 Minutes. Pre-print downloaded Jul 1 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.29.20142349