Inexpensive method for the quantitative estimation of hepatitis C virus RNA in blood plasma for low-resource settings using ML-based image intensity analysis of RT-LAMP products

). Further, only 0.5 μL of dye is used for fluorescence labeling compared to larger quantities required in colorimetric assays. Therefore, the proposed sensitive and specific detection scheme may serve as an inexpensive and reliable point-of-care (POC) test for detecting HCV RNA in clinical samples.