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Paper‐Origami‐Based Multiplexed Malaria Diagnostics from Whole Blood

2016; Wiley; Volume: 55; Issue: 49 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/anie.201606060

1521-3773

Gaolian Xu, Debbie Nolder, Julien Reboud, Mary C. Oguike, Donelly A. van Schalkwyk, Colin J. Sutherland, Jonathan M. Cooper,

Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Abstract We demonstrate, for the first time, the multiplexed determination of microbial species from whole blood using the paper‐folding technique of origami to enable the sequential steps of DNA extraction, loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), and array‐based fluorescence detection. A low‐cost handheld flashlight reveals the presence of the final DNA amplicon to the naked eye, providing a “sample‐to‐answer” diagnosis from a finger‐prick volume of human blood, within 45 min, with minimal user intervention. To demonstrate the method, we showed the identification of three species of Plasmodium, analyzing 80 patient samples benchmarked against the gold‐standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay in an operator‐blinded study. We also show that the test retains its diagnostic accuracy when using stored or fixed reference samples.