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Application of a portable instrument for rapid and reliable detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection in any environment
Federico MartinelliLorenzo ColomboSimone RomanoStefano Lo PrioreAnna Myriam PerroneIsabella Della Nocesubject
0301 basic medicineportableSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Pneumonia ViralImmunologycoronavirusBiologymedicine.disease_causeSensitivity and SpecificityDisease OutbreaksWorkflowBetacoronavirus03 medical and health sciencesCOVID-19 Testing0302 clinical medicinePandemicmedicineAnimalsHumansMass ScreeninginstrumentImmunology and AllergyBiomarker discoveryAsymptomatic InfectionsPandemicsdeviceMass screeningCoronavirusInvited ReviewClinical Laboratory TechniquesSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Reproducibility of ResultsClinical Laboratory Servicescoronavirus; device; instrument; portable; SARS-CoV-2 detection; Animals; Asymptomatic Infections; Betacoronavirus; Biomarkers; Clinical Laboratory Services; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Coronavirus Infections; Disease Outbreaks; Humans; Mass Screening; Pandemics; Pneumonia Viral; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; WorkflowIdentification (information)030104 developmental biologyWorkflowRisk analysis (engineering)SARS‐CoV‐2 detectionCoronavirus InfectionsHost (network)Biomarkers030215 immunologydescription
Abstract The ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection is creating serious challenges for health laboratories that seek to identify viral infections as early as possible, optimally at the earliest appearance of symptom. Indeed, there is urgent need to develop and deploy robust diagnostic methodologies not only to use in health laboratory environments but also directly in places where humans circulate and spread the virus such as airports, trains, boats, and any public aggregation places. The success of a reliable and sensitive asymptomatic diagnosis relies on the identification and measurement of informative biomarkers from human host and virus in a rapid, sensitive, and inexpensive manner. The objective of this article is to describe an innovative multidisciplinary approach to develop an efficient, inexpensive, and easy‐to‐use portable instrument (bCUBE® by Hyris Ltd) that can be employed as a surveillance system for the emergency caused by SARS‐CoV‐2. A solution for Coronavirus testing, compliant with CDC guidelines, is scheduled to be released in the next weeks. In addition, we will describe a workflow and path of an integrated multi‐omic approach that will lead to host and pathogen biomarker discovery in order to train the instrument to provide reliable results based on a specific biomarker's fingerprint of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-23 |