Lyme Disease Biosensors: A Potential Solution to a Diagnostic Dilemma
Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
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Biosensors 2020, 10(10), 137; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios10100137
Received: 26 August 2020 / Revised: 24 September 2020 / Accepted: 27 September 2020 / Published: 28 September 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Biosensors and Healthcare)
Over the past four decades, Lyme disease has remained a virulent and pervasive illness, persisting throughout North America and many other regions of the world. Recent increases in illness in many countries has sparked a renewed interest in improved Lyme diagnostics. While current standards of diagnosis are acceptable for the late stages of the disease, it remains difficult to accurately diagnose early forms of the illness. In addition, current diagnostic methods tend to be relatively expensive and require a large degree of laboratory-based analysis. Biosensors represent the fusion of biological materials with chemical techniques to provide simple, inexpensive alternatives to traditional diagnostic methods. Lyme disease biosensors have the potential to better diagnose early stages of the illness and provide possible patients with an inexpensive, commercially available test. This review examines the current state of Lyme disease biosensing, with a focus on previous biosensor development and essential future considerations.
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Keywords:
Lyme disease; biosensor; point-of-care; diagnostics; infectious disease
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Flynn, C.; Ignaszak, A. Lyme Disease Biosensors: A Potential Solution to a Diagnostic Dilemma. Biosensors 2020, 10, 137. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios10100137
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Flynn C, Ignaszak A. Lyme Disease Biosensors: A Potential Solution to a Diagnostic Dilemma. Biosensors. 2020; 10(10):137. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios10100137
Chicago/Turabian StyleFlynn, Connor; Ignaszak, Anna. 2020. "Lyme Disease Biosensors: A Potential Solution to a Diagnostic Dilemma" Biosensors 10, no. 10: 137. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios10100137
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