COVID-19 Point-of-Care Diagnostics: Present and Future.

Valera, Enrique; Jankelow, Aaron; Lim, Jongwon; Kindratenko, Victoria; Ganguli, Anurup; White, Karen; Kumar, James; Bashir, Rashid · ACS Nano · 2021

review · Level V

Where this comes from

Abstract

Point-of-care (POC) detection technologies that enable decentralized, rapid, sensitive, low-cost diagnostics of COVID-19 infection are urgently needed around the world. With many technologies approved for commercialization in the past 10 months, the field of COVID-19 POC diagnostics is rapidly evolving. In this Perspective, we analyze the current state of POC technologies for the diagnosis and monitoring of COVID-19 infection and discuss future challenges in COVID-19 diagnostics. As the COVID-19 pandemic becomes endemic, the advances gained during this past year will likely also be utilized for future prediction of emerging outbreaks and pandemics.

Medical subject headings