Aptasensors for viral diagnostics

Copyright © 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V..

Novel viral diagnostic tools need to be affordable, fast, accurate and easy to use with sensitivity and specificity equivalent or superior to current standards. At present, viral diagnostics are based on direct detection of viral components or indirect detection by measuring antibodies generated in response to viral infection. While sensitivity of detection and quantification are still important challenges, we expect major advances from new assay formats and synthetic binding molecules, such as aptamers. Compared to traditional antibody-based detection, aptamers could provide faster adaptation to continuously evolving virus strains and higher discriminating capacity between specific virus serotypes. Aptamers are very stable and easily modifiable, so are ideal molecules for detection and chemical sensing applications. Here, we review the use of aptasensors for detection of viral pathogens and consider the feasibility of aptasensors to become standard devices for point-of-care diagnostics of viruses.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:74

Enthalten in:

Trends in analytical chemistry : TRAC - 74(2015) vom: 01. Dez., Seite 58-67

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

van den Kieboom, Corné H [VerfasserIn]
van der Beek, Samantha L [VerfasserIn]
Mészáros, Tamás [VerfasserIn]
Gyurcsányi, Róbert E [VerfasserIn]
Ferwerda, Gerben [VerfasserIn]
de Jonge, Marien I [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibody
Aptamer
Assay
Detection
Diagnostics
Journal Article
Pathogen
Point of care
Review
Sensor
Serotype
Virus

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Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.trac.2015.05.012

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NLM308724682