Detecting Biothreat Agents: From Current Diagnostics to Developing Sensor Technologies

• Published in: ACS sensors Vol. 3; no. 10; pp. 1894 - 2024
• Main Authors: Walper, Scott A, Lasarte Aragonés, Guillermo, Sapsford, Kim E, Rowland, Clare E, Breger, Joyce C, Medintz, Igor L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 26.10.2018
• Subjects: analytical methods; biological control agents; climate change; diagnostic techniques; disease prevention; Ebolavirus; globalization; pathogenicity; pollution; population growth; public health; terrorism; toxins; Western Africa; Zika virus; Western Africa; biothreat; FDA; biosensor; bacteria; toxin; assay; diagnostic; pandemic; virus; Ebola
• ISSN: 2379-3694; 2379-3694
• DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b00420

Although a fundamental understanding of the pathogenicity of most biothreat agents has been elucidated and available treatments have increased substantially over the past decades, they still represent a significant public health threat in this age of (bio)­terrorism, indiscriminate warfare, pollutio...