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Magnetic Field-Enhanced Agglutination Readout Combined With Isothermal Reverse Transcription Recombinase Polymerase Amplification for Rapid and Sensitive Molecular Detection of Dengue Virus

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Among the numerous molecular diagnostic methods, isothermal reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification (RT-RPA) is a simple method that has high sensitivity and avoids the use of expensive instruments. However, detection… Click to show full abstract

Among the numerous molecular diagnostic methods, isothermal reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification (RT-RPA) is a simple method that has high sensitivity and avoids the use of expensive instruments. However, detection of amplified genomes often requires a fluorescence readout on costly readers or migration on a lateral flow strip with a subjective visual reading. Aiming to establish a new approach to rapidly and sensitively detect viruses, we combined RT-RPA with a magnetic field-enhanced agglutination (MFEA) assay and assessed the ability of this method to detect the dengue virus (DENV). Magnetization cycles accelerated the capture of amplified DENV genomes between functionalized magnetic nanoparticles by a fast chaining process to less than 5 min; the agglutination was quantified by simple turbidimetry. A total of 37 DENV RNA+ and 30 DENV RNA− samples were evaluated with this combined method. The sensitivity and specificity were 89.19% (95% CI, 72.75–100.00%) and 100% (95% CI, 81.74–100.00%), respectively. This approach provides a solution for developing innovative diagnostic assays for the molecular detection of emerging infections.

Keywords: agglutination; transcription recombinase; recombinase polymerase; isothermal reverse; polymerase amplification; reverse transcription

Journal Title: Frontiers in Chemistry
Year Published: 2021

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