Recent advances in biosensors for detection of COVID-19 and other viruses

SK Patel, J Surve, J Parmar, K Ahmed… - IEEE reviews in …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This century has introduced very deadly, dangerous, and infectious diseases to humankind
such as the influenza virus, Ebola virus, Zika virus, and the most infectious SARS-CoV-2 …

Dengue detection: advances in diagnostic tools from conventional technology to point of care

MA Kabir, H Zilouchian, MA Younas, W Asghar - Biosensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The dengue virus (DENV) is a vector-borne flavivirus that infects around 390 million
individuals each year with 2.5 billion being in danger. Having access to testing is paramount …

Diagnosis for COVID-19: current status and future prospects

MDA Kabir, R Ahmed, SMA Iqbal… - Expert Review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory illness
caused by novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), had its …

Management of COVID-19: current status and future prospects

MA Kabir, R Ahmed, R Chowdhury, SMA Iqbal… - Microbes and …, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19, a highly transmissible pandemic disease, is affecting millions of lives around the
world. Severely infected patients show acute respiratory distress symptoms. Sustainable …

Emerging infectious diseases are virulent viruses—Are we prepared? An overview

JJ Han, HA Song, SL Pierson, J Shen-Gunther, Q Xia - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The recent pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 affected the global population, resulting in a
significant loss of lives and global economic deterioration. COVID-19 highlighted the …

Label-Free Electrochemical Biosensors for the Determination of Flaviviruses: Dengue, Zika, and Japanese Encephalitis

E Khristunova, E Dorozhko, E Korotkova, B Kratochvil… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
A highly effective way to improve prognosis of viral infectious diseases and to determine the
outcome of infection is early, fast, simple, and efficient diagnosis of viral pathogens in …

Microfluidic chip for detection of fungal infections

W Asghar, M Sher, NS Khan, JM Vyas, U Demirci - ACS omega, 2019 - ACS Publications
Fungal infections can lead to severe clinical outcomes such as multiple organ failure and
septic shock. Rapid detection of fungal infections allows clinicians to treat patients in a timely …

Frugal innovation for point-of-care diagnostics controlling outbreaks and epidemics

T Miesler, C Wimschneider, A Brem… - … Biomaterials Science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Today epidemics of infectious diseases occur more often and spread both faster and further
due to globalization and changes in our lifestyle. One way to meet these biological threats …

Recent progresses and remaining challenges for the detection of Zika virus

X Zhang, G Li, G Chen, N Zhu, D Wu… - Medicinal Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Zika virus (ZIKV) has emerged as a particularly notorious mosquito‐borne flavivirus, which
can lead to a devastating congenital syndrome in the fetuses of pregnant mothers (eg …

Development of a flow-free magnetic actuation platform for an automated microfluidic ELISA

C Coarsey, B Coleman, MA Kabir, M Sher, W Asghar - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
There is a need to create an easily deployable and point-of-care (POC) diagnostic platform
for disease outbreaks and for monitoring and maintenance of chronic illnesses. Such …