Biosensors for European Zoonotic Agents: A Current Portuguese Perspective
Emerging and recurrent outbreaks caused by zoonotic agents pose a public health risk. They result in morbidity and mortality in humans and significant losses in the livestock and food industries. This highlights the need for rapid surveillance methods. Despite the high reliability of conventional pa...
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| author | Samuel da Costa Miguéis Ana P. M. Tavares Gabriela V. Martins Manuela F. Frasco Maria Goreti Ferreira Sales |
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| description | Emerging and recurrent outbreaks caused by zoonotic agents pose a public health risk. They result in morbidity and mortality in humans and significant losses in the livestock and food industries. This highlights the need for rapid surveillance methods. Despite the high reliability of conventional pathogen detection methods, they have high detection limits and are time-consuming and not suitable for on-site analysis. Furthermore, the unpredictable spread of zoonotic infections due to a complex combination of risk factors urges the development of innovative technologies to overcome current limitations in early warning and detection. Biosensing, in particular, is highlighted here, as it offers rapid and cost-effective devices for use at the site of infection while increasing the sensitivity of detection. Portuguese research in biosensors for zoonotic pathogens is the focus of this review. This branch of research produces exciting and innovative devices for the study of the most widespread pathogenic bacteria. The studies presented here relate to the different classes of pathogens whose characteristics and routes of infection are also described. Many advances have been made in recent years, and Portuguese research teams have increased publications in this field. However, biosensing still needs to be extended to other pathogens, including potentially pandemic viruses. In addition, the use of biosensors as part of routine diagnostics in hospitals for humans, in animal infections for veterinary medicine, and food control has not yet been achieved. Therefore, a convergence of Portuguese efforts with global studies on biosensors to control emerging zoonotic diseases is foreseen for the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-899a1357235747cea1f69adbbb7ed02b2023-11-22T02:50:56ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-07-012113454710.3390/s21134547Biosensors for European Zoonotic Agents: A Current Portuguese PerspectiveSamuel da Costa Miguéis0Ana P. M. Tavares1Gabriela V. Martins2Manuela F. Frasco3Maria Goreti Ferreira Sales4BioMark@ISEP, School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, PortugalBioMark@ISEP, School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, PortugalBioMark@ISEP, School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, PortugalBioMark@ISEP, School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, PortugalBioMark@ISEP, School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, 4249-015 Porto, PortugalEmerging and recurrent outbreaks caused by zoonotic agents pose a public health risk. They result in morbidity and mortality in humans and significant losses in the livestock and food industries. This highlights the need for rapid surveillance methods. Despite the high reliability of conventional pathogen detection methods, they have high detection limits and are time-consuming and not suitable for on-site analysis. Furthermore, the unpredictable spread of zoonotic infections due to a complex combination of risk factors urges the development of innovative technologies to overcome current limitations in early warning and detection. Biosensing, in particular, is highlighted here, as it offers rapid and cost-effective devices for use at the site of infection while increasing the sensitivity of detection. Portuguese research in biosensors for zoonotic pathogens is the focus of this review. This branch of research produces exciting and innovative devices for the study of the most widespread pathogenic bacteria. The studies presented here relate to the different classes of pathogens whose characteristics and routes of infection are also described. Many advances have been made in recent years, and Portuguese research teams have increased publications in this field. However, biosensing still needs to be extended to other pathogens, including potentially pandemic viruses. In addition, the use of biosensors as part of routine diagnostics in hospitals for humans, in animal infections for veterinary medicine, and food control has not yet been achieved. Therefore, a convergence of Portuguese efforts with global studies on biosensors to control emerging zoonotic diseases is foreseen for the future.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/13/4547biosensorszoonosesPortugalpathogenic bacteriareal-time multiple detections |
| spellingShingle | Samuel da Costa Miguéis Ana P. M. Tavares Gabriela V. Martins Manuela F. Frasco Maria Goreti Ferreira Sales Biosensors for European Zoonotic Agents: A Current Portuguese Perspective Sensors biosensors zoonoses Portugal pathogenic bacteria real-time multiple detections |
| title | Biosensors for European Zoonotic Agents: A Current Portuguese Perspective |
| title_full | Biosensors for European Zoonotic Agents: A Current Portuguese Perspective |
| title_fullStr | Biosensors for European Zoonotic Agents: A Current Portuguese Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biosensors for European Zoonotic Agents: A Current Portuguese Perspective |
| title_short | Biosensors for European Zoonotic Agents: A Current Portuguese Perspective |
| title_sort | biosensors for european zoonotic agents a current portuguese perspective |
| topic | biosensors zoonoses Portugal pathogenic bacteria real-time multiple detections |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/13/4547 |
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