Open AccessUtilizing Continuous Flow Microdevices-based Magnetophoresis for COVID-19 Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Sawsan Dagher,
Ali HilalAlnaqbi,
Boshra Akhozheya,
Laila AkhuZaheya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
biointerface research in applied chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 2069-5837
DOI - 10.33263/briac114.1199612005
Subject(s) - covid-19 , quarantine , intensive care medicine , coronavirus , mechanism (biology) , disease , medicine , contagious disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , computer science , virology , nanotechnology , physics , pathology , materials science , quantum mechanics , outbreak
The contagious disease called COVID-19 is caused by a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Several precautionary and preventive measures are currently implemented, including travel restrictions, health quarantine, and medical care. However, no explicit treatments are available. Thus, a better understanding of the new infectious disease's nature and the contributing virus is required. This article will briefly review the biological structure and mechanism of the SARS-CoV-2, comparing it to other known coronaviruses, and the potential therapeutic approaches currently under investigation, and propose for the first time the utilization of microfluidic devices based magnetophoresis for SARS-CoV-2 detection and point of care diagnostics as a future potential effective method.