Table 2.

Comparison of the sensitivity and time to detection for MCDA and LAMP targeting ORF1ab from 3 independent runs.

DNA copies per reaction	MCDA average detection time (min)	MCDA reps$	LAMP average detection time (min)	LAMP reps$
10	55.3	1/9	17.1 ± 6.3	3/9
25	46.4 ± 15	3/9	11.8 ± 0.5	5/9
50	20.2 ± 9	8/9	12.2 ± 2.1*	9/9*
100	13.6 ± 3.9	6/9	10.4 ± 0.8	8/9
500	12.6 ± 1.3*	9/9*	9.7 ± 0.2	9/9
1000	11.2 ± 0.3	9/9	9.5 ± 0.1	9/9
10,000	9.7 ± 0.3	9/9	8.4 ± 0.1	9/9

*Limit of detection.

^$reps: 3 runs with 3 technical replicates = 9 replicates.