The detection of DNA molecules by agglutination assays has suffered from a lack of specificity. The specificity can be improved by introducing a hybridization step with a specific probe. We developed a setting that captured biotinylated DNA targets between magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) grafted with tetrathiolated probes and anti-biotin antibodies. The agglutination assay was enhanced using a series of magnetization cycles. This setting allowed to successfully detect a synthetic single stranded DNA with a sensitivity as low as 9 pM. We next adapted this setting to the detection of PCR products. We first developed an asymmetric pan-flavivirus amplification. Then, we demonstrated its ability to detect dengue virus with a limit of detection of 100 TCID/mL. This magnetic field-enhanced agglutination assay is an endpoint readout, which benefits from the advantages of using nanoparticles that result in particular from a very reduced duration of the test; in our case it lasts less than 5 min. This approach provides a solution to develop new generation platforms for molecular diagnostics.

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