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Valve‐Enabled Sample Preparation and RNA Amplification in a Coffee Mug for Zika Virus Detection
Author(s) -
Jiang Xiao,
Loeb Julia C.,
Manzanas Carlos,
Lednicky John A.,
Fan Z. Hugh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201809993
Subject(s) - zika virus , loop mediated isothermal amplification , nasba , virology , point of care testing , rna , virus , computer science , biology , immunology , dna , biochemistry , genetics , gene
The recent outbreaks of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection represent a public health challenge. Rapid, cost‐effective, and reliable diagnostic tools for ZIKV detection at the point of care (POC) are highly desirable, especially for resource‐limited nations. To address the need, we have developed an integrated device to achieve sample‐to‐answer ZIKV detection. The device features innovative ball‐based valves enabling the storage and sequential delivery of reagents for virus lysis and a paper‐based unit for RNA enrichment and purification. The paper unit is placed in a commercially available coffee mug that provides a constant temperature for reverse transcription loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (RT‐LAMP), followed by colorimetric detection by naked eye or a cellphone camera. Using the device, we demonstrated the reproducible detection of ZIKV in human urine and saliva samples.