LOS ANGELES, July 12 — US researchers have created a real-time monitor that can detect any SARS-CoV-2 virus variants in a room in about five minutes.
Researchers at Washington University developed the device by combining recent advances in aerosol sampling technology and an ultrasensitive biosensing technique, said Xinhua.
The inexpensive, proof-of-concept device could be used in hospitals and health care facilities, schools and public places to help detect CoV-2 and potentially monitor for other respiratory virus aerosols, such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to the study published Monday in Nature Communications.
Widespread adoption of such technology could assist public health officials with implementing rapid disease control measures, according to the study.
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