Open AccessDiagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 and innovative alternative methods based on optic fiber.
Author(s) -
María Julia Nieto-Callejas,
Walter D. Cardona-Maya,
César A. Isaza-Merino,
Yamile Cardona-Maya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ingeniería y competitividad revista científica y tecnológica/ingeniería y competitividad
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2027-8284
pISSN - 0123-3033
DOI - 10.25100/iyc.v23i2.10484
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , intensive care medicine , computer science , virology , pathology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This work shows a world overview of the SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic methods, analyzing their effectiveness and sensitivity. With a special emphasis on biosensors, specifically, those that are based on fiber-optic technology, explaining simply their operation and their ability to detect diseases such as SARS-CoV-2. With these technological advances, the clinical diagnosis will be made: faster, cheaper, and applied to patients in remote places where there are no hospitals or clinical laboratories, either due to poverty, geographic difficulties, or violence, factors found in Colombia.