Foodborne diseases pose a significant risk to human health and have become a pressing global concern. Common food-borne pathogens include bacteria, fungal species, and viruses which include Norovirus, Hepatitis A and E viruses, Rotavirus, Enterovirus etc. Furthermore, food allergy is a worldwide health problem arising from undeclared or traces of allergens due to contamination during food processing. The food allergy also poses a great health risk to sensitized individuals.
The regular occurrence of foodborne diseases warrants the development of rapid, sensitive, and portable new analytical methods to deliver accurate results about the contaminants. Advances in nano/micro-analytical methods such as nanoparticle-assisted detection platforms (Colorimetric, fluorescence, electrochemical techniques etc.), aptamer-based sensors, and microfluidic lab-on-chip platforms offer several advantages over traditional methods. Moreover, advances in high throughput systems and recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) hold the potential to improve the analytical detection system.
This Research Topic aims to foster a comprehensive platform for sharing cutting-edge research on nano and micro-analytical methods for detecting foodborne pathogens and allergens. The goal is to bridge the gap between traditional microbiological techniques and innovative biosensor technologies, enhancing detection accuracy and response times. By compiling original research and review papers, this collection intends to spotlight recent developments that include both conventional molecular diagnostics and nanotechnology-based sensor systems, encompassing a variety of detection approaches such as colorimetric, fluorescence, electrochemical methods, and more.
The research topic will cover the original research and review articles from emerging areas of biosensor development for food-borne pathogens.
1. Nanoparticle-driven detection platforms such as colorimetric, fluorescence, electrochemical methods etc. ´
2. Development of DNA or RNA aptamer and its application for detecting foodborne pathogens and allergens.
3. Point of need detection platform, lateral flow devices, paper-based microfluidics, lab-on-chip devices, mobile phone-based portable sensor.
4. High-throughput systems such as capillary driven lab-on-chip, centrifugal lab-on-chip, different spectroscopic methods such as SERS-based biosensors, DNA nanotechnology-based sensor system
We would like to acknowledge Dr. Prabir Kumar Kulabhusan as Coordinator, and for his contribution to the preparation of this Research Topic.
Keywords: biosensor, food pathogen detection, aptamer, electrochemical, allergen detection
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