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Ultra-rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 in public workspace environments

Yaren, Ozlem ; McCarter, Jacquelyn ; Phadke, Nikhil ; [et al.]

Public Library of Science (PLoS) ; 2021

In: PLOS ONE Vol. 16, No. 2 ( 2021-2-24), p. e0240524-

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In: PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 16, No. 2 ( 2021-2-24), p. e0240524-

Abstract: Managing the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 requires new capabilities in testing, including the possibility of identifying, in minutes, infected individuals as they enter spaces where they must congregate in a functioning society, including workspaces, schools, points of entry, and commercial business establishments. Here, the only useful tests (a) require no sample transport, (b) require minimal sample manipulation, (c) can be performed by unlicensed individuals, (d) return results on the spot in much less than one hour, and (e) cost no more than a few dollars. The sensitivity need not be as high as normally required by the FDA for screening asymptomatic carriers (as few as 10 virions per sample), as these viral loads are almost certainly not high enough for an individual to present a risk for forward infection. This allows tests specifically useful for this pandemic to trade-off unneeded sensitivity for necessary speed, simplicity, and frugality. In some studies, it was shown that viral load that creates forward-infection risk may exceed 10 5 virions per milliliter, easily within the sensitivity of an RNA amplification architecture, but unattainable by antibody-based architectures that simply target viral antigens. Here, we describe such a test based on a displaceable probe loop amplification architecture.

Type of Medium: Online Resource

ISSN: 1932-6203

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