Abstract Citrus exocortis viroid (CEVd), the causal agent of exocortis, is a pathogen that thought to infect all citrus varieties, although it asymptomatic in most. Symptoms develop on susceptible rootstocks, resulting stunting and yield reduction. To aid detection management CEVd, rapid near-field assay was developed using reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) ...

In recent years, researchers have developed a reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) test as a sensitive and specific technique. But the results of these studies were conflicting. The aim of this meta-analysis was to assess the accuracy of RT-LAMP technique for detecting dengue virus. We systematically searched PUBMED, EMBASE, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Lib...

Human enterovirus 71 (EV71) is the major etiological agent of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), which is a common infectious disease in young children and infants. EV71 can cause various clinical manifestations and has been associated with severe neurological complications; it has resulted in fatalities during recent outbreaks in Asian-Pacific regions since 1997. The early and rapid detecti...

Grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) is the most important disease of Grapevines in South Africa. Grapevine leafroll-associated virus type 3 (GLRaV-3) has a close association with the disease and is prevalent in South African vineyards. GLD can be controlled using a combination of virus-free planting material, systemic insecticides to control vector populations and removal of infected vines by rogu...

Zika virus (ZIKV) has emerged as a major global public health concern in the last two years due to its link as a causative agent of human birth defects. Its rapid expansion into the Western Hemisphere as well as the ability to be transmitted from mother to fetus, through sexual transmission and possibly through blood transfusions has increased the need for a rapid and expansive public health re...

In this paper, the semi-real time electrochemical monitoring method using a screen-printed electrode, which employs reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) for influenza virus RNA, is presented. The amplified DNA combined with methylene blue (MB), which was used as an electroactive DNA intercalator, and the electrochemical signal was monitored using square wave vo...

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) represent the most widespread type of genetic variation (approximately 90%) in the human genome, and the demand to overcome such variation has received more attention now than ever before. The capacity to rapidly assess SNPs that correlate with disease predisposition, drug efficacy and drug toxicity is a key step for the development of personalized medicin...

Methods to detect metastases in biopsy specimens with certain rapidity and accuracy are essential to performing tailor-made surgeries for solid malignancies. Reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) reaction is a novel technique for detecting mRNA expression of target sequences with high sensitivity and rapidity, even from crude samples without RNA purification. Ap...

BACKGROUND To date, the use of traditional nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) for detection of HIV-1 DNA or RNA has been restricted to laboratory settings due to time, equipment, and technical expertise requirements. The availability of a rapid NAAT with applicability for resource-limited or point-of-care (POC) settings would fill a great need in HIV diagnostics, allowing for timely diagno...