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Bean Extract-Based Gargle for Efficient Diagnosis of Active COVID-19 Infection Using Rapid Antigen Tests
العنوان: | Bean Extract-Based Gargle for Efficient Diagnosis of Active COVID-19 Infection Using Rapid Antigen Tests |
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المؤلفون: | Joseph Kwon, Euna Ko, Se-Young Cho, Young-Ho Lee, Sangmi Jun, Kyuhong Lee, Eunha Hwang, Bipin Vaidya, Jeong-Hwan Hwang, Joo-Hee Hwang, Namsu Kim, Mi-Kyung Song, Hye-Yeon Kim, Dai Ito, Yuxi Lin, Eunae Jo, Kyeong Eun Yang, Hee-Chung Chung, Soyoung Cha, Dong Im Kim, Yoon-Sun Yi, Sung-Ho Yun, Sun Cheol Park, Sangmin Lee, Jong-Soon Choi, Dal Sik Kim, Duwoon Kim |
المصدر: | Microbiology Spectrum, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2022) |
بيانات النشر: | American Society for Microbiology, 2022. |
سنة النشر: | 2022 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Microbiology |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | COVID-19, oral virus, rapid diagnostic test, SARS-CoV-2, sensitivity, specificity, Microbiology, QR1-502 |
الوصف: | ABSTRACT The antigen-based rapid diagnostic test (Ag-RDT) using saliva specimens is fast, noninvasive, and suitable for SARS-CoV-2 self-testing, unlike nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) testing. We evaluated a novel Beanguard gargle (BG)-based virus collection method that can be applied to Ag-RDT as an alternative to the current RT-PCR with an NPS for early diagnosis of COVID-19. This clinical trial comprised 102 COVID-19-positive patients hospitalized after a governmental screening process and 100 healthy individuals. Paired NPS and BG-based saliva specimens from COVID-19 patients and healthy individuals were analyzed using NPS-RT-PCR, BG-RT-PCR, and BG-Ag-RDTs, whose diagnostic performance for detecting SARS-CoV-2 was compared. BG-Ag-RDTs showed high sensitivity (97.8%) and specificity (100%) in 45 patients within 6 days of illness and detected all cases of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Delta variants. In 11 asymptomatic active COVID-19 cases, both BG-Ag-RDTs and BG-RT-PCR showed sensitivities and specificities of 100%. Sensitivities of BG-Ag-RDT and BG-RT-PCR toward salivary viral detection were highly concordant, with no discrimination between symptomatic (97.0%), asymptomatic (100%), or SARS-CoV-2 variant (100%) cases. The intermolecular interactions between SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins and truncated canavalin, an active ingredient from the bean extract (BE), were observed in terms of physicochemical properties. The detachment of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain from hACE2 increased as the BE concentration increased, allowing the release of the virus from hACE2 for early diagnosis. Using BG-based saliva specimens remarkably enhances the Ag-RDT diagnostic performance as an alternative to NPS and enables noninvasive, rapid, and accurate COVID-19 self-testing and mass screening, supporting efficient COVID-19 management. IMPORTANCE An Ag-RDT is less likely to be accepted as an initial test method for early diagnosis owing to its low sensitivity. However, our self-collection method, Ag-RDT using BG-based saliva specimens, showed significantly enhanced detection sensitivity and specificity toward SARS-CoV-2 including the Alpha and Delta variants in all patients tested within 6 days of illness. The method represents an attractive alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs for the early diagnosis of symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases. The evidence suggests that the method could have a potential for mass screening and monitoring of COVID-19 cases. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 2165-0497 |
Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2165-0497 |
DOI: | 10.1128/spectrum.01614-21 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/14774f54ec8e44dda406ff09850a2c3a |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.14774f54ec8e44dda406ff09850a2c3a |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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