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A Comparison of Optical, Electrochemical, Magnetic, and Colorimetric Point-of-Care Biosensors for Infectious Disease Diagnosis by Oleksandra Pashchenko; Tyler Shelby; Tuhina Banerjee; Santimukul Santra is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Each year, infectious diseases are responsible for millions of deaths, most of which occur in the rural areas of developing countries. Many of the infectious disease diagnostic tools used today require a great deal of time, a laboratory setting, and trained personnel. Due to this, the need for effective point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tools is greatly increasing with an emphasis on affordability, portability, sensitivity, specificity, timeliness, and ease of use. In this review article, we discuss the various diagnostic modalities that have been utilized towards this end and are being further developed to create POC diagnostic technologies, and we focus on potential effectiveness in resource-limited settings. The main modalities discussed herein are optical-, electrochemical-, magnetic-, and colorimetric-based modalities utilized in diagnostic technologies for infectious diseases. Each of these modalities feature pros and cons when considering application in POC settings, but overall reveal a promising outlook for the future of this field of technological development.

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Author

Oleksandra Pashchenko; Tyler Shelby; Tuhina Banerjee; Santimukul Santra

Published

2018

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Life Sciences)