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Enrique Valera^1,2, Aaron Jankelow^1,2, Jongwon Lim^1,2

¹Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 United States.

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Area of Science:

Medical Diagnostics
Infectious Disease Research
Biotechnology

Background:

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the urgent need for accessible diagnostic tools.
Decentralized, rapid, sensitive, and low-cost point-of-care (POC) detection technologies are essential for global health security.
The field of COVID-19 diagnostics has seen rapid advancements and commercialization of new technologies.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the current landscape of POC technologies for COVID-19 diagnosis and monitoring.
To discuss the challenges and future directions in COVID-19 diagnostics.
To explore the potential application of pandemic-driven diagnostic advances for future outbreak prediction.

Main Methods:

Review and analysis of current point-of-care diagnostic technologies for COVID-19.
Discussion of the evolution and commercialization of these technologies.
Exploration of future challenges and opportunities in the field.

Main Results:

Numerous COVID-19 POC diagnostic technologies have been approved and commercialized.
The field is rapidly evolving, with significant progress in sensitivity, speed, and cost-effectiveness.
Advances in POC diagnostics offer potential for monitoring endemic COVID-19 and predicting future pandemics.

Conclusions:

Point-of-care diagnostics are critical for managing COVID-19 and future infectious disease threats.
Continued innovation in POC technology is vital for global health preparedness.
Lessons learned from COVID-19 diagnostics will inform strategies for emerging infectious diseases.