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. 2021 Mar 9;11:5448. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84792-8

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Diagram illustrating the principle of the HP-LAMP assay. Four steps occur within a single microcentrifuge tube containing the HP-LAMP cocktail. These steps consist of (1) Heat-mediated release of the single-stranded RNA virus (blue) from the virion, (2) Reverse transcription of the single-stranded viral RNA to generate cDNA (purple), (3) Loop-mediated amplification (LAMP) resulting in a decrease in pH, (4) Color change caused by decreased pH. The addition of RNA, DNA and RNAse inhibitors to the HP-LAMP cocktail inhibits degradation of the viral RNA by RNAses naturally found in saliva.