Widespread exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife communities

AR Goldberg, KE Langwig, KL Brown… - nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Pervasive SARS-CoV-2 infections in humans have led to multiple transmission events to
animals. While SARS-CoV-2 has a potential broad wildlife host range, most documented …

Nanoplasmonic amplification in microfluidics enables accelerated colorimetric quantification of nucleic acid biomarkers from pathogens

T AbdElFatah, M Jalali, SG Yedire, I I. Hosseini… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Deployment of nucleic acid amplification assays for diagnosing pathogens in point-of-care
settings is a challenge due to lengthy preparatory steps. We present a molecular diagnostic …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccine effectiveness during outbreak of COVID-19 alpha (B. 1.1. 7) Variant in men's correctional facility, United States

RA Silverman, A Ceci, A Cohen, M Helmick… - Emerging infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract In April 2021, a COVID-19 outbreak occurred at a correctional facility in rural
Virginia, USA. Eighty-four infections were identified among 854 incarcerated persons by …

COVID-19 preparedness and response in rural and remote areas: a scoping review

L Dudley, I Couper, NW Kannangarage… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
This scoping review used the Arksey and O'Malley approach to explore COVID-19
preparedness and response in rural and remote areas to identify lessons to inform future …

Subsewershed SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance and COVID-19 epidemiology using building-specific occupancy and case data

A Cohen, A Maile-Moskowitz, C Grubb… - ACS Es&t …, 2022 - ACS Publications
To evaluate the use of wastewater-based surveillance and epidemiology to monitor and
predict SARS-CoV-2 virus trends, over the 2020–2021 academic year we collected …

Attomolar sensitive magnetic microparticles and a surface-enhanced Raman scattering-based assay for detecting SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid targets

AS Jang, PP Praveen Kumar… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Highly sensitive, reliable assays with strong multiplexing capability for detecting nucleic acid
targets are significantly important for diagnosing various diseases, particularly severe acute …

Wildlife exposure to SARS-CoV-2 across a human use gradient

AR Goldberg, KE Langwig, J Marano, P Rai, AK Sharp… - BioRXiV, 2022 - biorxiv.org
The spillover of SARS-CoV-2 into humans has caused one of the most devastating
pandemics in recorded history. Human-animal interactions have led to transmission events …

A comparative analysis exposes an amplification delay distinctive to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants of clinical and public health relevance

KL Brown, A Ceci, C Roby, R Briggs… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome may negatively impact a diagnostic test, have no
effect, or turn into an opportunity for rapid molecular screening of variants. Using an in …

Needle‐Plug/Piston‐Based Modular Mesoscopic Design Paradigm Coupled With Microfluidic Device for Point‐of‐Care Pooled Testing

B Lin, B Li, W Zeng, Y Zhao, H Li, Y Gu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging diagnostic scenarios, such as population surveillance by pooled testing and on‐
site rapid diagnosis, highlight the importance of advanced microfluidic systems for in vitro …

A novel point-of-care platform for rapid SARS-CoV-2 detection utilizing an all-in-one 3D-printed microfluidic cartridge and IoT technology

HQ Nguyen, VD Nguyen, VM Phan, TS Seo - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created a significant demand for diagnostic tests,
leading to shortages in medical supplies and hindering efforts to control infection outbreaks …