April 6, 2021

SLAMP A Rapid Fluorometric RT-LAMP Assay for Sensitive and Specific Detection of SARS-CoV-2 from Human Saliva

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Testing and Treatment

Keywords (Tags): testing

• [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] SLAMP, a novel RT-LAMP (reverse transcriptase loop-mediated isothermal amplification) assay applied to heat-inactivated saliva samples, demonstrated 91% sensitivity at 98% specificity compared to RT-PCR using nasopharyngeal swab samples among 243 individuals (65 SARS-COV-2 positive).

Bikos et al. (Apr 5, 2021). SLAMP A Rapid Fluorometric RT-LAMP Assay for Sensitive and Specific Detection of SARS-CoV-2 from Human Saliva. Pre-print downloaded Apr 6 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.31.21254634