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- * Various diagnostic methods exist to detect TB biomarkers like DNA, proteins, and antibodies using techniques such as PCR, ELISA, and flow cytometry, which help identify infections through optical signals.
- * Recent advancements in biosensing focus on enhancing detection sensitivity using fluorescent quantum dots, which offer brighter and more stable optical tags for identifying TB biomarkers more effectively.
Article Abstract
Despite the existing effective treatment methods, tuberculosis (TB) is the second most deadly infectious disease, its carriers in the latent and active phases accounting for more than 20% of the world population. An effective method for controlling TB and reducing TB mortality is regular population screening aimed at diagnosing the latent form of TB and taking preventive and curative measures. Numerous methods allow diagnosing TB by directly detecting () biomarkers, including DNA, proteins, and specific metabolites or antibodies produced by the host immune system in response to PCR, ELISA, immunofluorescence and immunochemical analyses, flow cytometry, and other methods allow the detection of biomarkers or the host immune response to by recording the optical signal from fluorescent or colorimetric dyes that are components of the diagnostic systems. Current research in biosensors is aimed at increasing the sensitivity of detection, a promising approach being the use of fluorescent quantum dots as brighter and more photostable optical tags. Here, we review current methods for the detection of biomarkers using quantum dot-based nanosensors and summarize data on the biomarkers whose detection can be made considerably more sensitive by using these sensors.
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