Paper-based point-of-care testing for diagnosis of dengue infections

Choi JR 1 , Hu J 1 , Wang S 2 , Yang H 3 , Wan Abas WA 4 , Pingguan-Murphy B 4 Show all authors , Xu F 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 a The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an , P.R. China
  • 2 d State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , P.R. China
  • 3 g School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University , Xi'an , P.R. China , and
  • 4 b Department of Biomedical Engineering , Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
Crit Rev Biotechnol, 2017 Feb;37(1):100-111.
PMID: 26912259

Abstract

Dengue endemic is a serious healthcare concern in tropical and subtropical countries. Although well-established laboratory tests can provide early diagnosis of acute dengue infections, access to these tests is limited in developing countries, presenting an urgent need to develop simple, rapid, and robust diagnostic tools. Point-of-care (POC) devices, particularly paper-based POC devices, are typically rapid, cost-effective and user-friendly, and they can be used as diagnostic tools for the prompt diagnosis of dengue at POC settings. Here, we review the importance of rapid dengue diagnosis, current dengue diagnostic methods, and the development of paper-based POC devices for diagnosis of dengue infections at the POC.

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