In this review, we report the recent advances of SERS in fungi, bacteria, and viruses. Firstly,
we briefly introduce the advantage of SERS over fluorescence on virus identification and …

Molecular diagnostics (MD) is widely employed in multiple scientific disciplines, such as
oncology, pathogen detection, forensic investigations, and the pharmaceutical industry …

The development of viable point-of-care diagnostic formats is integral to achieving better
patient care and improved outcomes. The need for robust and low-cost tests is especially …

The microbial world forms a huge family of organisms that exhibit the greatest phylogenetic
diversity on Earth and thus colonize virtually our entire planet. Due to this diversity and …

Abstract Point-of-care (POC) device development is a growing field that aims to develop low-
cost, rapid, sensitive in-vitro diagnostic testing platforms that are portable, self-contained …

Nonculture-based tests are gaining popularity and upsurge in the diagnosis of invasive
fungal infections (IFI) fostered by their main asset, the reduced analysis time, which enables …

Portable optical biosensors have been created over the last 30 years for detecting molecular
and cellular targets. More recently, advances in algorithms, readers, and materials have …

The surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has been widely tested for its usefulness
in microbiological studies, providing many information-rich spectra which are a kind of …

The use of surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for the detection of DNA has
significant potential in terms of sensitivity, multiplex target detection and robust signal …

Despite the fact that various microorganisms (eg, bacteria, fungi, viruses, etc.) have been
linked with infectious diseases, their crucial role towards sustaining life on Earth is …