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ReviewBiosensors2021

A Review of THz Technologies for Rapid Sensing and Detection of Viruses including SARS-CoV-2.

Naznin Akter, Muhammad Mahmudul Hasan, Nezih Pala

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Review in Biosensors, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Metasurface-Assisted Terahertz Sensing.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 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

3 authors.

Naznin AkterDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33174, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1094-5318
Muhammad Mahmudul HasanDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33174, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7955-9357
Nezih PalaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33174, USA.

Funding

Army Research Laboratory W911NF-12-2-0023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virus epidemics such as Ebola virus, Zika virus, MERS-coronavirus, and others have wreaked havoc on humanity in the last decade. In addition, a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and its continuously evolving mutants have become so deadly that they have forced the entire technical advancement of healthcare into peril. Traditional ways of detecting these viruses have been successful to some extent, but they are costly, time-consuming, and require specialized human resources. Terahertz-based biosensors have the potential to lead the way for low-cost, non-invasive, and rapid virus detection. This review explores the latest progresses in terahertz technology-based biosensors for the virus, viral particle, and antigen detection, as well as upcoming research directions in the field.

Indexed as

Antigens, ViralBiosensing TechniquesCOVID-19HumansImmunoassayRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2Terahertz SpectroscopyAntigens, ViralRNA, ViralbiosensingimmunobiosensingmetasenorsplasmonicsSARS-CoV-2terahertz

Identifiers

PMID34677305
PMCPMC8534088

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