This review lays out the current state of the art for research of LAMP-based SARS-CoV-2 testing, as well as its implications for other pathogens and testing. The authors represent the global LAMP (gLAMP) Consortium – an international research collective that has regularly met to share their experiences on LAMP deployment and best practices; sections are devoted to all aspects of LAMP testing, including preanalytical sample processing, target amplification and amplicon detection, then the hardware and software required for deployment, and finally a summary of the current regulatory landscape. Included as well are a series of first-person accounts of LAMP method development and deployment. The final conclusions and recommendations section provides the reader with a distillation of the most validated testing methods and their paths to implementation.
The review aims to provide practical information and insight for a range of audiences: for a research audience to help accelerate research through sharing of best practices, for an implementation audience to help get testing up and running quickly, and for public health, clinical, and policy audience to help convey the breadth of impact that LAMP methods have to offer.
