Advances in microfluidic device miniaturization and system integration contribute to the
development of portable, handheld, and smartphone-compatible devices. These …

Point of care (POC) testing is of great importance in rapid diagnosis of disease, monitoring
environmental pollutants, food safety analysis and other fields, especially in resource-limited …

Colorimetric lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as signal
reporters has been widely used in point-of-care testing. Nonetheless, the potential of …

The diagnosis of infectious diseases is ineffective when the diagnostic test does not meet
one or more of the necessary standards of affordability, accessibility, and accuracy. The …

In early 2022, the number of people infected with the highly contagious mutant severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), called Omicron, was increasing …

Many systems have been designed for the detection of SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that
causes COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 is readily transmitted, resulting in the rapid spread of …

Efficient and timely testing has taken center stage in the management, control, and
monitoring of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Simple, rapid, cost-effective diagnostics are …

SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic practices broadly involve either quantitative polymerase chain
reaction (qPCR)-based nucleic amplification of viral sequences or antigen-based tests such …

The sudden increase of the COVID-19 outbreak and its continued growth with mutations in
various forms has created a global health crisis as well as devastating social and economic …

The lateral flow assay (LFA) is an extensively used paper-based platform for the rapid and
on-site detection of different analytes. The method is user-friendly with no need for …