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. 2021 Apr 16;36(4):459–467. doi: 10.1007/s12291-021-00977-y

Table 2.

CRISPR technology used for diagnostic method in various countries

Countries Name of the method Clinical diagnostic samples Cas enzyme Target region Amplification method Limit of detection (copy/μL) Readout method Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Total assay time (min) References
China CRISPR/Cas12a-NER 31 LbCas12a E RT-RAA 10 FL / NE 100 100 45 [43]
China SENA 295 LbCas12a N/O RT-qPCR  < 2 FL 100 100 60 [44]
China CRISPR-COVID 114 LwCas13a ORF1ab RT-RPA 0.3 FL 100 100 40 [14]
Germany 24 LwCas13a ORF1a/N/S RT-RPA Lf 55.5 100 60 [45]
Japan CONAN 31 Cas3 and LbCas12a N RT-LAMP  < 100 FL/Lf 90 95 40 [46]
Netherlands DETECTR 378 LbCas12a N RT-LAMP FL/Lf 93 95.5 30 [47]
Saudi Arabia iSCAN 24 LbCas12a and AapCas12b N/E RT-LAMP 0.2 FL/Lf 86 100 60 [48]
Thailand SHERLOCK 154 LwCas13a S RT-RPA 2.1 FL/Lf 96 100 55–85 [49]
United Kingdom 3 LwCas13a N RT-PCR/RT-RPA 0.5 FL 100 NA 75 [50]
USA DETECTR 82 LbCas12a N/E RT-LAMP 10 FL/Lf 95 100 30–40 [51]
USA STOPCovid 17 AapCas12b N RT-LAMP 2 FL/Lf 91.7 100 40–70 [20]
USA ITP-CRISPR 8 LbCas12a N/E RT-LAMP 10 FL 75 100 25 [52]
USA CRISPR-FDS 35 LbCas12a ORF1ab/N RT-PCR/RT-RPA 2 FL 100 71.4 50 [53, 54]
USA SHINE 50 LwCas13a ORF1a RT-RPA 10 FL/Lf 90 100 40 [39, 55]
USA CREST 1808 LwCas13a N RT-PCR 10 FL/Lf 88.8 100 110 [56, 57]