<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The year 2020 will remain in the history for the diffusion of the COVID-19 virus, originating a pandemic on a world scale with over a million deaths. From the onset of the pandemic, the scientific community has made numerous efforts to design systems to detect the infected subjects in ever-faster times, allowing both to intervene on them, to avoid dangerous complications, and to contain the pandemic spreading. In this paper, we present an overview of different innovative technologies and devices fielded against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The various technologies applicable to the rapid and reliable detection of the COVID-19 virus have been explored. Specifically, several magnetic, electrochemical, and plasmonic biosensors have been proposed in the scientific literature, as an alternative to nucleic acid-based real-time reverse transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) (RT-qPCR) assays, overcoming the limitations featuring this typology of tests (the need for expensive instruments and reagents, as well as of specialized staff, and their reliability). Furthermore, we investigated the IoT solutions and devices, reported on the market and in the scientific literature, to contain the pandemic spreading, by avoiding the contagion, acquiring the parameters of suspected users, and monitoring them during the quarantine period.</p></abstract>

The year 2020 will remain in the history for the diffusion of the COVID-19 virus, originating a pandemic on a world scale with over a million deaths. From the onset of the pandemic, the scientific community has made numerous efforts to design systems to detect the infected subjects in ever-faster times, allowing both to intervene on them, to avoid dangerous complications, and to contain the pandemic spreading. In this paper, we present an overview of different innovative technologies and devices fielded against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The various technologies applicable to the rapid and reliable detection of the COVID-19 virus have been explored. Specifically, several magnetic, electrochemical, and plasmonic biosensors have been proposed in the scientific literature, as an alternative to nucleic acid-based real-time reverse transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) (RT-qPCR) assays, overcoming the limitations featuring this typology of tests (the need for expensive instruments and reagents, as well as of specialized staff, and their reliability). Furthermore, we investigated the IoT solutions and devices, reported on the market and in the scientific literature, to contain the pandemic spreading, by avoiding the contagion, acquiring the parameters of suspected users, and monitoring them during the quarantine period.

An overview of technologies and devices against COVID-19 pandemic diffusion: virus detection and monitoring solutions

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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The year 2020 will remain in the history for the diffusion of the COVID-19 virus, originating a pandemic on a world scale with over a million deaths. From the...

An overview of technologies and devices against COVID-19 pandemic diffusion: virus detection and monitoring solutions

Published Online: Mar 11, 2021

Page range: 1 - 28

Received: Dec 21, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2021-003

Keywords
SARS-CoV-2, Pandemic, Tracking devices, RT-PCR assay, Magnetic biosensors, IoT frameworks, Spike protein, Antibodies, Remote monitoring systems

© 2021 R. de Fazio et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

An overview of technologies and devices against COVID-19 pandemic diffusion: virus detection and monitoring solutions

Published Online: Mar 11, 2021

Page range: 1 - 28

Received: Dec 21, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2021-003

KeywordsSARS-CoV-2, Pandemic, Tracking devices, RT-PCR assay, Magnetic biosensors, IoT frameworks, Spike protein, Antibodies, Remote monitoring systems

© 2021 R. de Fazio et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
SARS-CoV-2, Pandemic, Tracking devices, RT-PCR assay, Magnetic biosensors, IoT frameworks, Spike protein, Antibodies, Remote monitoring systems