Schematics of RT-LAMP amplification, exemplified for SARS-CoV-2 detection.
Reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP ) is a one step nucleic acid amplification method to multiply specific sequences of RNA. It is used to diagnose infectious disease caused by RNA viruses .[ 1]
It combines LAMP [ 2] DNA-detection with reverse transcription , making cDNA from RNA before running the reaction.[ 3] RT-LAMP does not require thermal cycles (unlike PCR ) and is performed at a constant temperature between 60 and 65 °C.
RT-LAMP is used in the detection of RNA viruses (groups II, IV, and V on the Baltimore Virus Classification system), such as the SARS-CoV-2 virus [ 4] and the Ebola virus .[ 5]
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