DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 USING SPECIFIC MIXERS OF PRIMERS IN AN RT-LAMP METHOD, DIAGNOSTIC KIT AND SINGLE-STEP DETECTION METHOD

摘要

The present invention provides new primers and mixtures thereof for detecting the presence of the human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 genome in nasopharyngeal or saliva samples, thus allowing detection thereof with high specificity, ease of handling, fast and easy reading, without needing to extract RNA from the samples. The present invention also includes a kit that uses RT-LAMP for a rapid test, thus obtaining a final reading indicated by a colorimetric change or fluorescence emission when the presence of genetic material from SARS-CoV-2 is detected.