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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Point-of-Care Strategies for Detection of Waterborne Pathogens.

Sandeep Kumar, Monika Nehra, Jyotsana Mehta, Neeraj Dilbaghi, Giovanna Marrazza, Ajeet Kaushik

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In one paragraph

Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Recent developments in waterborne pathogen detection technologies.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2025
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  9. Point-of-Care Diagnostic System for ViableDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  15. Micro/nanorobots for remediation of water resources and aquatic life.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sandeep KumarDepartment of Bio and Nano Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar-Haryana 125001, India. sandeep2417@gjust.org.
Monika NehraDepartment of Bio and Nano Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar-Haryana 125001, India. ssmonikanehra@gmail.com.
Jyotsana MehtaDepartment of Bio and Nano Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar-Haryana 125001, India. jyotsanamehta1@gmail.com.
Neeraj DilbaghiDepartment of Bio and Nano Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar-Haryana 125001, India. ndnano@gjust.org.
Giovanna MarrazzaDepartment of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy. giovanna.marrazza@unifi.it.ORCID 0000-0003-2465-7552
Ajeet KaushikDepartment of Natural Sciences, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL 33805-8531, USA. akaushik@floridapoly.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4206-1541

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Waterborne diseases that originated due to pathogen microorganisms are emerging as a serious global health concern. Therefore, rapid, accurate, and specific detection of these microorganisms (i.e., bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and parasitic pathogens) in water resources has become a requirement of water quality assessment. Significant research has been conducted to develop rapid, efficient, scalable, and affordable sensing techniques to detect biological contaminants. State-of-the-art technology-assisted smart sensors have improved features (high sensitivity and very low detection limit) and can perform in a real-time manner. However, there is still a need to promote this area of research, keeping global aspects and demand in mind. Keeping this view, this article was designed carefully and critically to explore sensing technologies developed for the detection of biological contaminants. Advancements using paper-based assays, microfluidic platforms, and lateral flow devices are discussed in this report. The emerging recent trends, mainly point-of-care (POC) technologies, of water safety analysis are also discussed here, along with challenges and future prospective applications of these smart sensing technologies for water health diagnostics.

Indexed as

Biosensing TechniquesBacteriaHumansPoint-of-Care SystemsVirusesWaterWaterborne DiseasesWater MicrobiologyWaterhealth qualitynanotechnologyPOC sensorsmart sensingwater health diagnostics

Identifiers

PMID31623064
PMCPMC6833035

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