Advancements in Paper-Based Biosensors for Infectious Disease Detection

By Nidhi Puranik, Arpana Parihar, Raju Khan

Point-of-care testing devices have been instrumental in enhancing patient survival rates and quality of life by facilitating early detection, screening, and diagnosis. These devices significantly reduce the cost and complexity of disease treatment. This book provides a timely update on the current understanding of paper-based biosensors, focusing on their potential for detecting infectious diseases, particularly in low-income and developing countries.

Design and Fabrication Strategies

This comprehensive research and reference text emphasizes the design and fabrication strategies of paper-based devices for the detection of various biomolecules in biomedicine. It serves as a valuable resource for researchers, scholars, and manufacturers in multiple disciplines, such as medical device design.

Key Features

• Highlights the fabrication of paper-based point-of-care devices for biomedical applications with a particular focus on low-income and developing countries.
• Covers the approaches to design novel, cost-effective paper-based devices for disease diagnosis.
• Includes information on tags/probes/label-based and label-free paper-based devices.
• Discusses the integration of paper-based techniques and advanced diagnostics.
• Contains actual case studies of the fabrication and utilization of paper-based diagnostics in the field in each chapter.

Publication Details

Published: May 2023; Copyright: 2023; ISBN: 9780750358200; Language: English