About this Research Topic
The spread of infectious diseases due to pathogens (e.g. bacteria and viruses) poses a global threat to human health and the economy, specifically in developing countries where the sanitary condition and technical resources are limited. The rapid and efficient detection of infectious diseases and causative pathogens is crucial in the prevention and treatment of disease. To deal with these challenges, the showcase of the latest developments in analytical technologies for pathogens detection will play an important role in food safety, disease diagnosis, and environmental monitoring.
To date, many techniques are available worldwide for the detection of pathogens (e.g. SARS-CoV-2) in the laboratory, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based, culture-based, immunology-based, and sequencing-based techniques. Currently, developing strategies for rapid, specific, sensitive, cost-effective, throughput, and user-friendly detection of pathogens have received significant attention. Recently, research efforts have been focused on the development of advanced approaches involving the point-of-care test (POCT) for rapid and cost-effective detection of pathogens.
This Research Topic aims to provide scientists and professionals worldwide with the latest research development and application of rapid and cost-effective detections of pathogens, focusing on the development of new or modification of existing analytical procedures and including sufficient data from real food/environmental samples to test and validate the method. We welcome both original research and review papers to address the technical improvement and application. The following detection techniques are included but not limited to:
• Point of care testing (POCT)
• Fast quantitative PCR with high accuracy
• Novel isothermal amplification
• Fast sequencing pipeline for pathogen identification
• Multiplex pathogen detection
• Novel microfluidic detection
• Inter-discipline detection device (for example, biosensor)
• Food/Environmental specimen processing
To date, many techniques are available worldwide for the detection of pathogens (e.g. SARS-CoV-2) in the laboratory, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based, culture-based, immunology-based, and sequencing-based techniques. Currently, developing strategies for rapid, specific, sensitive, cost-effective, throughput, and user-friendly detection of pathogens have received significant attention. Recently, research efforts have been focused on the development of advanced approaches involving the point-of-care test (POCT) for rapid and cost-effective detection of pathogens.
This Research Topic aims to provide scientists and professionals worldwide with the latest research development and application of rapid and cost-effective detections of pathogens, focusing on the development of new or modification of existing analytical procedures and including sufficient data from real food/environmental samples to test and validate the method. We welcome both original research and review papers to address the technical improvement and application. The following detection techniques are included but not limited to:
• Point of care testing (POCT)
• Fast quantitative PCR with high accuracy
• Novel isothermal amplification
• Fast sequencing pipeline for pathogen identification
• Multiplex pathogen detection
• Novel microfluidic detection
• Inter-discipline detection device (for example, biosensor)
• Food/Environmental specimen processing
Keywords: pathogen, detection, rapid, automated, food, environment
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