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Herein, we reported a novel colorimetric and photothermal dual-mode LFIA (dLFIA) based on MoS2 nanoflowers for rapid detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 nucleocapsid protein (SARS-CoV-2 NP). Benefiting from the strong color-producing ability and near-infrared absorption of MoS2 nanoflowers, the visual limits of detection in colorimetric and photothermal modes were 1 and 0.1 ng\/mL, respectively. The limit of detection for quantitative analysis in photothermal mode was 48 pg\/mL, with a sensitivity about 10~208 times higher than that of Au NPs-LFIA. 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