Point-of-care assays for tuberculosis: Role of nanotechnology/microfluidics |
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| Authors: | ShuQi Wang Fatih Inci Gennaro De Libero Amit Singhal Utkan Demirci |
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| Institution: | 1. Demirci Bio-Acoustic-MEMS in Medicine (BAMM) Laboratory, Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women''s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;2. Singapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore;3. Experimental Immunology, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland;4. Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA;5. Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women''s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most devastating infectious diseases and its eradication is still unattainable given the limitations of current technologies for diagnosis, treatment and prevention. The World Health Organization's goal to eliminate TB globally by 2050 remains an ongoing challenge as delayed diagnosis and misdiagnosis of TB continue to fuel the worldwide epidemic. Despite considerable improvements in diagnostics for the last few decades, a simple and effective point-of-care TB diagnostic test is yet not available. Here, we review the current assays used for TB diagnosis, and highlight the recent advances in nanotechnology and microfluidics that potentially enable new approaches for TB diagnosis in resource-constrained settings. |
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| Keywords: | Tuberculosis Point-of-care Nanotechnology Microfluidics |
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