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Review
. 2021 Jan:160:105606.
doi: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.105606. Epub 2020 Oct 8.

Current progress on COVID-19 related to biosensing technologies: New opportunity for detection and monitoring of viruses

F Laghrib  1 , S Saqrane  1 , Y El Bouabi  1 , A Farahi  2 , M Bakasse  3 , S Lahrich  1 , M A El Mhammedi  1
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Review

Current progress on COVID-19 related to biosensing technologies: New opportunity for detection and monitoring of viruses

F Laghrib et al. Microchem J. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

The technologies used for coronavirus testing consist of a pre-existing device developed to examine different pathologies, such as bacterial infections, or cancer biomarkers. However, for the 2019 pandemic, researchers knew that their technology could be modified to detect a low viral load at an early stage. Today, countries around the world are working to control the new coronavirus disease (n-SARS-CoV-2). From this perspective, laboratories, universities, and companies around the world have embarked on a race to develop and produce much-needed test kits. This review has been developed to provide an overview of current trends and strategies in n-SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics based on traditional and new emerging assessment technologies, to continuous innovation. It focuses on recent trends in biosensors to build a fast, reliable, more sensitive, accessible, user-friendly system and easily adaptable technology n-SARS-CoV-2 detection and monitoring. On the whole, we have addressed and identified research evidence supporting the use of biosensors on the premise that screening people for n-SARS-CoV-2 is the best way to contain its spread.

Keywords: COVID-19; Emerging technologies; Graphene-based biosensors; Industry 4.0; Photothermal biosensor; Smartphone sensors; n-SARS-CoV-2.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to this work.

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Schematic representation of the operating procedure of the n-SARS-CoV-2 FET sensor.
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Peripheral biosensors that share analysis in the cloud.
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Proposal of a modern health system concept complemented by POC biosensors.
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