Development and evaluation of a rapid and simple diagnostic assay for COVID-19 based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification

Rokusuke Yoshikawa; Haruka Abe; Yui Igasaki; Saeki Negishi; Hiroaki Goto; Jiro Yasuda

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008855

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Development and evaluation of a rapid and simple diagnostic assay for COVID-19 based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification

Rokusuke Yoshikawa ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Rokusuke Yoshikawa, Haruka Abe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Research Center for the Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases (CCPID), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Haruka Abe ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Rokusuke Yoshikawa, Haruka Abe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0141-5059

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Yui Igasaki,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Saeki Negishi,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Canon Medical systems, Otawara, Tochigi, Japan
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Hiroaki Goto,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Canon Medical systems, Otawara, Tochigi, Japan
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Jiro Yasuda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: j-yasuda@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliations National Research Center for the Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases (CCPID), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9928-5621

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Development and evaluation of a rapid and simple diagnostic assay for COVID-19 based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification

Rokusuke Yoshikawa,
Haruka Abe,
Yui Igasaki,
Saeki Negishi,
Hiroaki Goto,
Jiro Yasuda

Published: November 4, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008855

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