Issue 12, 2021

Commercially available rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of high priority pathogens: status and challenges

Abstract

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of having analytical devices that allow a simple, fast, and robust detection of pathogens which cause epidemics and pandemics. The information these devices can collect is crucial for health authorities to make effective decisions to contain the disease's advance. The World Health Organization published a list of primary pathogens that have raised concern as potential causes of future pandemics. Unfortunately, there are no rapid diagnostic tests commercially available and approved by the regulatory bodies to detect most of the pathogens listed by the WHO. This report describes these pathogens, the available detection methods, and highlights areas where more attention is needed to produce rapid diagnostic tests for future pandemic surveillance.

Graphical abstract: Commercially available rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of high priority pathogens: status and challenges

Article information

Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
26 nov 2020
Accepted
07 apr 2021
First published
01 jun 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Analyst, 2021,146, 3750-3776

Commercially available rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of high priority pathogens: status and challenges

J. Castillo-León, R. Trebbien, J. J. Castillo and W. E. Svendsen, Analyst, 2021, 146, 3750 DOI: 10.1039/D0AN02286A

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