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The COVID-19 pandemic has unfortunately demonstrated how easily infectious diseases can spread and harm human life and society. As of writing, pandemic has now been on-going for more than one year. There is an urgent need for new nucleic acid-based methods that can be used to diagnose pathogens early, quickly, and accurately to effectively impede the spread of infections and gain control of epidemics. We developed a flap probe-based isothermal nucleic acid amplification method that is triggered by recombinant FEN1-Bst DNA polymerase, which-through enzymatic engineering-has both DNA synthesis, strand displacement and cleavage functions. This novel method offers a simpler and more specific probe-primer pair than those of other isothermal amplifications. We tested the method's ability to detect SARS-CoV-2 (both ORF1ab and N genes), rotavirus, and Chlamydia trachomatis. The limits of detection were 10 copies/μL for rotavirus, C. trachomatis, and SARS-CoV-2 N gene, and 100 copies/μL for SARS-CoV-2 ORF1ab gene. There were no cross-reactions among 11 other common pathogens with characteristics similar to those of the test target, and the method showed 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity

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Author

Xin Ye; Ning Wang; Yang Li; Xueen Fang; Jilie Kong

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Engineering (Physical Sciences)