Detection of Avian Influenza Virus from Cloacal Swabs Using a Disposable Well Gate FET Sensor

• Published in: Advanced healthcare materials 2017-07, Vol.6 (13), p.n/a
• Main Authors: Park, Sungwook, Choi, Jaebin, Jeun, Minhong, Kim, Yongdeok, Yuk, Seong‐Su, Kim, Sang Kyung, Song, Chang‐Seon, Lee, Seok, Lee, Kwan Hyi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animals; Avian flu; avian influenza; Biosensing Techniques - methods; Buffers; Chickens; Cloaca - virology; cloacal swab; disposable well gate; Epidemics; Farms; FET sensors; Field effect transistors; Influenza; Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype; Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype; Influenza in Birds - diagnosis; Lysis; Nucleoproteins; Nucleoproteins - metabolism; on‐site detection; Pandemics; Population studies; Poultry; Poultry farming; Semiconductor devices; Sensitivity; Sensors; Urban populations; Viral Proteins - metabolism; Viruses
• ISSN: 2192-2640; 2192-2659
• DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201700371

Current methods to detect avian influenza viruses (AIV) are time consuming and lo inw sensitivity, necessitating a faster and more sensitive sensor for on‐site epidemic detection in poultry farms and urban population centers. This study reports a field effect transistor (FET) based AIV sensor that detects nucleoproteins (NP) within 30 minutes, down to an LOD of 103 EID50 mL−1 from a live animal cloacal swab. Previously reported FET sensors for AIV detection have not targeted NPs, an internal protein shared across multiple strains, due to the difficulty of field‐effect sensing in a highly ionic lysis buffer. The AIV sensor overcomes the sensitivity limit with an FET‐based platform enhanced with a disposable well gate (DWG) that is readily replaceable after each measurement. In a single procedure, the virus‐containing sample is immersed in a lysis buffer mixture to expose NPs to the DWG surface. In comparison with commercial AIV rapid kits, the AIV sensor is proved to be highly sensitive, fast, and compact, proving its potential effectiveness as a portable biosensor. A field effect transistor avian influenza virus (AIV) sensor with a disposable well gate that detects nucleoproteins within 30 minutes from a cloacal swab of a live host animal. T is reported in this studyhe AIV sensor exhibits an LOD of 103 EID50 mL−1, outperforming a commercially available rapid kit by one order and proving its potential effectiveness as a point‐of‐care virus sensor.