A low-cost microfluidic platform for rapid and instrument-free detection of whooping cough.

Whooping cough also called Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory infection that affects all age populations. Given recent pertussis outbreaks, there is an urgent need for a point-of-care (POC) device for rapid diagnosis of pertussis. Herein, we report a low-cost microfluidic POC device integrated with loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technique for the rapid and accurate diagnosis of pertussis. The 3D-printed bioanalyzer housed not only the biochip but also an in-house-developed portable and fully battery-powered heater for rapid POC detection of pertussis, without the need of external electricity. The fluorescence-based results could be rapidly visualized in about one hour by the naked eye without the need for any additional instrumentation. In addition, a simple centrifuge-free sample preparation process was optimized for the efficient lysis of pertussis samples and successfully used for direct detection of bacteria in nasopharyngeal samples. High sensitivity, with a limit of detection (LOD) of 5 DNA copies per LAMP zone, and high specificity were demonstrated. We envision that the microfluidic POC device can be used in various venues such as medical clinics, schools, and other low-resource settings for the fast detection of pertussis.

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