ReviewChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology2021
Optical Biosensors for Virus Detection: Prospects for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 174 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A systematic review of the advancement on colorimetric nanobiosensors for SARS-CoV-2 detection.Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis · 2023Pooled it
- Accuracy of novel antigen rapid diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2: A living systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
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- Silicon Microring Resonator Biosensor for Detection of Nucleocapsid Protein of SARS-CoV-2.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Advances in nanobiosensors during the COVID-19 pandemic and future perspectives for the post-COVID era.Nano convergence · 2024Review
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- Research progress on the mechanism of exosome-mediated virus infection.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Review
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Abstract
The recent pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused huge worldwide disruption due to the lack of available testing locations and equipment. The use of optical techniques for viral detection has flourished in the past 15 years, providing more reliable, inexpensive, and accurate detection methods. In the current minireview, optical phenomena including fluorescence, surface plasmons, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), and colorimetry are discussed in the context of detecting virus pathogens. The sensitivity of a viral detection method can be dramatically improved by using materials that exhibit surface plasmons or SERS, but often this requires advanced instrumentation for detection. Although fluorescence and colorimetry lack high sensitivity, they show promise as point-of-care diagnostics because of their relatively less complicated instrumentation, ease of use, lower costs, and the fact that they do not require nucleic acid amplification. The advantages and disadvantages of each optical detection method are presented, and prospects for applying optical biosensors in COVID-19 detection are discussed.
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