Use of the variplex™ SARS-CoV-2 RT-LAMP as a rapid molecular assay to complement RT-PCR for COVID-19 diagnosis
Jürgen Rödel, Renate Egerer, Aynur Suleyman, Beatrice Sommer-Schmid, Michael Baier, Andreas Henke, Birgit Edel, Bettina Löffler
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Loop-mediated isothermal amplificationReal-time polymerase chain reactionCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)RNA extractionConcordanceRNASevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)VirologyReverse Transcription Loop-mediated Isothermal AmplificationCoronavirusReverse transcription polymerase chain reactionBiologyMedicineMolecular biologyGeneReverse transcriptaseMessenger RNAPathologyInternal medicineDNADiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)GeneticsBiochemistryBiosensors and Analytical DetectionSARS-CoV-2 detection and testingMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications