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ReviewBiosensors & bioelectronics2021

The potential application of electrochemical biosensors in the COVID-19 pandemic: A perspective on the rapid diagnostics of SARS-CoV-2.

Sahar Sadat Mahshid, Sarah Elizabeth Flynn, Sara Mahshid

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Review in Biosensors & bioelectronics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sahar Sadat MahshidBiological Sciences Department, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada. Electronic address: sahar.mahshid@sri.utoronto.ca.
Sarah Elizabeth FlynnDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H3A 0C3, Canada. Electronic address: s.elizabeth.flynn2@gmail.com.
Sara MahshidDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H3A 0C3, Canada. Electronic address: sara.mahshid@mcgill.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrochemical biosensors combine the selectivity of electrochemical signal transducers with the specificity of biomolecular recognition strategies. Although they have been broadly studied in different areas of diagnostics, they are not yet fully commercialized. During the COVID-19 pandemic, electrochemical platforms have shown the potential to address significant limitations of conventional diagnostic platforms, including accuracy, affordability, and portability. The advantages of electrochemical platforms make them a strong candidate for rapid point-of-care detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection by targeting not only viral RNA but antigens and antibodies. Herein, we reviewed advancements in electrochemical biosensing platforms towards the detection of SARS-CoV-2 through studying similar viruses.

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PandemicsSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralBiosensing TechniquesCOVID-19COVID-19 Nucleic Acid TestingCOVID-19 Serological TestingCOVID-19 TestingElectrochemical TechniquesHumansPoint-of-Care TestingRNA, ViralAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralRNA, ViralCoronavirusesElectrochemical signalNucleic acid–based detectionPathogen diagnosticsRecognition elementSerological testing

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PMID33358285
PMCPMC7746140

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