Testing at scale during the COVID-19 pandemic

TR Mercer, M Salit - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Assembly and publication of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) genome in January 2020 enabled the immediate development of tests to detect the …

Toward a next-generation diagnostic tool: A review on emerging isothermal nucleic acid amplification techniques for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious …

MM Islam, D Koirala - Analytica chimica acta, 2022 - Elsevier
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect human health across the globe rapid, simple,
point-of-care (POC) diagnosis of infectious viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 remains …

Direct SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid detection by Y-shaped DNA dual-probe transistor assay

D Kong, X Wang, C Gu, M Guo, Y Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Rapid screening of infected individuals from a large population is an effective means in
epidemiology, especially to contain outbreaks such as COVID-19. The gold standard assays …

Ferrobotic swarms enable accessible and adaptable automated viral testing

H Lin, W Yu, K A. Sabet, M Bogumil, Y Zhao… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Expanding our global testing capacity is critical to preventing and containing pandemics,,,,,,,–
. Accordingly, accessible and adaptable automated platforms that in decentralized settings …

Implementation of pooled saliva tests for universal screening of cCMV infection

L Merav, N Ofek Shlomai, E Oiknine-Djian, O Caplan… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the most common intrauterine infection, leading to
neurodevelopmental disabilities. Universal newborn infant screening of cCMV has been …

Nucleic acid testing of SARS-CoV-2

HM Yoo, IH Kim, S Kim - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a large global outbreak. It is
accordingly important to develop accurate and rapid diagnostic methods. The polymerase …

Performance of nasopharyngeal swab and saliva in detecting Delta and Omicron SARS‐CoV‐2 variants

T Uršič, R Kogoj, J Šikonja, D Roškarič… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A prospective cohort study was conducted during the Delta and Omicron severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) epidemic waves from paired …

Group testing for SARS-CoV-2 allows for up to 10-fold efficiency increase across realistic scenarios and testing strategies

CM Verdun, T Fuchs, P Harar, D Elbrächter… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, demand for diagnostic testing has
increased drastically, resulting in shortages of necessary materials to conduct the tests and …

Using viral load and epidemic dynamics to optimize pooled testing in resource-constrained settings

B Cleary, JA Hay, B Blumenstiel, M Harden… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Virological testing is central to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) containment, but many settings face severe limitations on testing. Group testing offers a …

Ratiometric SERS sensing chip for high precision and ultra-sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in human saliva

X Lin, Y Weng, Y Liu, D Lin, H Yang, Z Chen… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2024 - Elsevier
The rapid and high precision analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in saliva is crucial for the
efficient prevention and control of COVID-19. Herein, we developed a novel ratiometric …