Current progress on COVID-19 related to biosensing technologies: New opportunity for detection and monitoring of viruses

• Published in: Microchemical journal 2021-01, Vol.160, p.105606-105606, Article 105606
• Main Authors: Laghrib, F., Saqrane, S., El Bouabi, Y., Farahi, A., Bakasse, M., Lahrich, S., El Mhammedi, M.A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: COVID-19; Emerging technologies; Graphene-based biosensors; Industry 4.0; n-SARS-CoV-2; Photothermal biosensor; Review; Smartphone sensors
• ISSN: 0026-265X; 1095-9149
• DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.105606

•COVID-19 infection poses a serious risk to human life by causing acute lung damage.•Various techniques used to identify and quantify COVID-19 infection.•Major challenges for containing the spread of COVID-19 is the ability to identify asymptomatic cases.•Currently available diagnostic methods, biosensing technology developed during COVID-19 infection. The technologies used for coronavirus testing consist of a pre-existing device developed to examine different pathologies, such as bacterial infections, or cancer biomarkers. However, for the 2019 pandemic, researchers knew that their technology could be modified to detect a low viral load at an early stage. Today, countries around the world are working to control the new coronavirus disease (n-SARS-CoV-2). From this perspective, laboratories, universities, and companies around the world have embarked on a race to develop and produce much-needed test kits. This review has been developed to provide an overview of current trends and strategies in n-SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics based on traditional and new emerging assessment technologies, to continuous innovation. It focuses on recent trends in biosensors to build a fast, reliable, more sensitive, accessible, user-friendly system and easily adaptable technology n-SARS-CoV-2 detection and monitoring. On the whole, we have addressed and identified research evidence supporting the use of biosensors on the premise that screening people for n-SARS-CoV-2 is the best way to contain its spread.