ISSN: 2574-187X
Authors: Teradal NL*
The world is currently facing a global pandemic associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), for which virulence and infectious dose data are still emerging. The recent outbreak of potential infectious viral disease is caused by newly discovered coronavirus, which belongs to the single-stranded positive strand RNA virus. SARS-CoV-2 is dangerous threat to public health, economics and global disciples. Therefore, it is important to detect and isolate treat individuals at the early stages of the disease to control its spread. Since SARS-CoV-2 is new and due to lack of any approved drug or vaccine, there is urgent need for a highly sensitive and selective diagnostic tools to indentify infected people. Recently, various analytical methods are reported for the detection of several kinds of viral diseases based on various sensing principles. Of all the analytical tools available, electrochemical biosensors have achieved a high sensitivity, selectivity, rapid and portable analysis through the integration of advanced nanomaterials in the device fabrication. The present article explored the use of nanomaterials in the development of electrochemical biosensor for the detection of SARSCoV-2 in various biological samples.
Keywords: Coronavirus; COVID-19; Electrochemical Biosensor; Nanomaterials; Viruses; Diagnosis; Pandemic
