Issue 8, 2020

Rapid and accurate detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in beef using microfluidic wax-printed paper-based ELISA

Abstract

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a severe foodborne pathogen that causes lots of life-threatening diseases. In the search for a rapid, sensitive, portable and low-cost method to detect this pathogen, we developed a wax-printed paper-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (P-ELISA) based on microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs), with the whole operation time being less than 3 h and only needing 5 μl samples for detection. The limit of detection (LOD) of E. coli O157:H7 reached 104 CFU ml−1, which is an order of magnitude higher than that of conventional ELISA (C-ELISA). The LOD in artificially contaminated beef samples is 1 CFU per 25 g after enriching the culture for 8 h. This method is superior to the molecular biology method in detection sensitivity and superior to C-ELISA and the national standard method in detection time and cost. Thus, the established P-ELISA method has good sensitivity, specificity and repeatability. It can be suitable for point-of-care testing without expensive and bulky instruments and can also provide a platform for detecting other pathogens, especially in areas that lack advanced clinical equipment.

Graphical abstract: Rapid and accurate detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in beef using microfluidic wax-printed paper-based ELISA

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Feb 2020
Accepted
16 Feb 2020
First published
17 Feb 2020

Analyst, 2020,145, 3106-3115

Rapid and accurate detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in beef using microfluidic wax-printed paper-based ELISA

Y. Zhao, D. Zeng, C. Yan, W. Chen, J. Ren, Y. Jiang, L. Jiang, F. Xue, D. Ji, F. Tang, M. Zhou and J. Dai, Analyst, 2020, 145, 3106 DOI: 10.1039/D0AN00224K

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