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  • Love-wave sensors combined with microfluidics for fast detection of biological warfare agents.

Love-wave sensors combined with microfluidics for fast detection of biological warfare agents.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (2014-07-17)
Daniel Matatagui, José Luis Fontecha, María Jesús Fernández, Isabel Gràcia, Carles Cané, José Pedro Santos, María Carmen Horrillo
PMID25029282
ABSTRACT

The following paper examines a time-efficient method for detecting biological warfare agents (BWAs). The method is based on a system of a Love-wave immunosensor combined with a microfluidic chip which detects BWA samples in a dynamic mode. In this way a continuous flow-through of the sample is created, promoting the reaction between antigen and antibody and allowing a fast detection of the BWAs. In order to prove this method, static and dynamic modes have been simulated and different concentrations of BWA simulants have been tested with two immunoreactions: phage M13 has been detected using the mouse monoclonal antibody anti-M13 (AM13), and the rabbit immunoglobulin (Rabbit IgG) has been detected using the polyclonal antibody goat anti-rabbit (GAR). Finally, different concentrations of each BWA simulants have been detected with a fast response time and a desirable level of discrimination among them has been achieved.

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