The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the need of novel diagnostic technologies for rapid and accurate virus detection. In the European CONVAT project, a point-of-care nanophotonic biosensor is being developed for the direct, fast and specific identification of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from both human patient samples and animal reservoirs. The technology will provide a quantitative detection of the viral load and it can be implemented in decentralized settings to improve the early diagnosis and clinical management of patients as well as coronavirus environmental monitoring to prevent future outbreaks.

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用于护理点COVID-19诊断和冠状病毒监测的纳米光子生物传感器

COVID-19大流行表明，需要新颖的诊断技术来快速准确地检测病毒。在欧洲的CONVAT项目中，正在开发一种护理点纳米光子生物传感器，用于从人类患者样品和动物贮藏库中直接，快速，特异性地识别严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2。该技术将提供病毒载量的定量检测，可以在分散的环境中实施，以改善患者的早期诊断和临床管理以及冠状病毒环境监测，以防止未来爆发。