Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused large suffering worldwide. Individual, point-of-care testing, although effective, is time-consuming, costly and biased towards patients with COVID symptoms. To address this, Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE) was implemented globally as an early-warning system, providing unbiased and comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 testing of whole communities. However, it still relies on expensive and time-consuming lab-based PCR measurements. To fully unravel WBE's potential as a rapid community testing-tool, new low-cost, rapid and reliable sensors are needed. We report the development of an RT-LAMP handheld system, integrating a continuous-flow microfluidic PCB-chip along with low-cost circuitry enabling real-time fluorescence-detection of SARS-CoV-2 within 10 minutes.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | MicroTAS 2022 - 26th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences |
Publisher | Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society |
Pages | 642-643 |
Number of pages | 2 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781733419048 |
Publication status | Published - 27 Oct 2022 |
Event | 26th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2022 - Hybrid, Hangzhou, China Duration: 23 Oct 2022 → 27 Oct 2022 |
Publication series
Name | MicroTAS 2022 - 26th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences |
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Conference
Conference | 26th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2022 |
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Country/Territory | China |
City | Hybrid, Hangzhou |
Period | 23/10/22 → 27/10/22 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support was provided by Research England QR GCRF and EPSRC Impact Acceleration
Funding
Financial support was provided by Research England QR GCRF and EPSRC Impact Acceleration
Keywords
- COVID-19
- Lab-on-Chip
- Lab-on-PCB
- LAMP
- Point-of-Use
- rapid test
- wastewater-based epidemiology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Bioengineering
- General Chemistry
- Control and Systems Engineering