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Rapid and simple colorimetric detection of multiple influenza viruses infecting humans using a reverse transcriptional loop-mediated isothermal amplif

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BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Aug 1;19(1):676. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4277-8.
[h=1]Rapid and simple colorimetric detection of multiple influenza viruses infecting humans using a reverse transcriptional loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) diagnostic platform.[/h] Ahn SJ[SUP]1[/SUP], Baek YH[SUP]1[/SUP], Lloren KKS[SUP]1[/SUP], Choi WS[SUP]1[/SUP], Jeong JH[SUP]1[/SUP], Antigua KJC[SUP]1[/SUP], Kwon HI[SUP]1[/SUP], Park SJ[SUP]1[/SUP], Kim EH[SUP]1[/SUP], Kim YI[SUP]1[/SUP], Si YJ[SUP]1[/SUP], Hong SB[SUP]2[/SUP], Shin KS[SUP]3[/SUP], Chun S[SUP]4[/SUP], Choi YK[SUP]5[/SUP], Song MS[SUP]6[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] In addition to seasonal influenza viruses recently circulating in humans, avian influenza viruses (AIVs) of H5N1, H5N6 and H7N9 subtypes have also emerged and demonstrated human infection abilities with high mortality rates. Although influenza viral infections are usually diagnosed using viral isolation and serological/molecular analyses, the cost, accessibility, and availability of these methods may limit their utility in various settings. The objective of this study was to develop and optimized a multiplex detection system for most influenza viruses currently infecting humans.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] We developed and optimized a multiplex detection system for most influenza viruses currently infecting humans including two type B (both Victoria lineages and Yamagata lineages), H1N1, H3N2, H5N1, H5N6, and H7N9 using Reverse Transcriptional Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) technology coupled with a one-pot colorimetric visualization system to facilitate direct determination of results without additional steps. We also evaluated this multiplex RT-LAMP for clinical use using a total of 135 clinical and spiked samples (91 influenza viruses and 44 other human infectious viruses).
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] We achieved rapid detection of seasonal influenza viruses (H1N1, H3N2, and Type B) and avian influenza viruses (H5N1, H5N6, H5N8 and H7N9) within an hour. The assay could detect influenza viruses with high sensitivity (i.e., from 100 to 0.1 viral genome copies), comparable to conventional RT-PCR-based approaches which would typically take several hours and require expensive equipment. This assay was capable of specifically detecting each influenza virus (Type B, H1N1, H3N2, H5N1, H5N6, H5N8 and H7N9) without cross-reactivity with other subtypes of AIVs or other human infectious viruses. Furthermore, 91 clinical and spiked samples confirmed by qRT-PCR were also detected by this multiplex RT-LAMP with 98.9% agreement. It was more sensitive than one-step RT-PCR approach (92.3%).
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] Results of this study suggest that our multiplex RT-LAMP assay may provide a rapid, sensitive, cost-effective, and reliable diagnostic method for identifying recent influenza viruses infecting humans, especially in locations without access to large platforms or sophisticated equipment.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Avian influenza; Colorimetric visualization; Multiplex detection; RT-LAMP; Seasonal influenza

PMID: 31370782 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4277-8
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