Lipoarabinomannan-based Tuberculosis Diagnosis using a Fiber Cavity Ring Down Biosensor
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| author | Ullah, Ubaid Saleem, Seerat Farooq, Muddassar Yameen, Basit Cheema, M. Imran |
| author_facet | Ullah, Ubaid Saleem, Seerat Farooq, Muddassar Yameen, Basit Cheema, M. Imran |
| contents | Despite existing for millennia, tuberculosis (TB) remains a persistent global health challenge. A significant obstacle in controlling TB spread is the need for a rapid, portable, sensitive, and accurate diagnostic test. Currently, sputum culture stands as a benchmark test for TB diagnosis. Although highly reliable, it necessitates advanced laboratory facilities and involves considerable testing time. In this context, we present a rapid, portable, and cost-effective optical fiber sensor designed to measure lipoarabinomannan (LAM), a TB biomarker found in patients' urine samples. Our sensing approach is based on the applications of phase shift-cavity ringdown spectroscopy (PS-CRDS) to an optical fiber cavity created by two fiber Bragg gratings. A tapered fiber is spliced inside the optical cavity to serve as the sensing head. We functionalize the tapered fiber surface with anti-LAM antigen CS-35 through a unique chemistry, creating a strong affinity for LAM molecules. We measure the phase difference between the cavity transmission and the reference modulating signal at the cavity output. The measured phase is directly proportional to the injected LAM concentrations in aqueous solutions over the sensing head. Our demonstrated sensor provides a detection limit of 10 pg/mL and a sensitivity of 2.6$^\circ$/ng/mL. This sensor holds promise for numerous applications in the healthcare sector, particularly in low-resource settings. |
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| spellingShingle | Lipoarabinomannan-based Tuberculosis Diagnosis using a Fiber Cavity Ring Down Biosensor Ullah, Ubaid Saleem, Seerat Farooq, Muddassar Yameen, Basit Cheema, M. Imran Medical Physics Biological Physics Optics Despite existing for millennia, tuberculosis (TB) remains a persistent global health challenge. A significant obstacle in controlling TB spread is the need for a rapid, portable, sensitive, and accurate diagnostic test. Currently, sputum culture stands as a benchmark test for TB diagnosis. Although highly reliable, it necessitates advanced laboratory facilities and involves considerable testing time. In this context, we present a rapid, portable, and cost-effective optical fiber sensor designed to measure lipoarabinomannan (LAM), a TB biomarker found in patients' urine samples. Our sensing approach is based on the applications of phase shift-cavity ringdown spectroscopy (PS-CRDS) to an optical fiber cavity created by two fiber Bragg gratings. A tapered fiber is spliced inside the optical cavity to serve as the sensing head. We functionalize the tapered fiber surface with anti-LAM antigen CS-35 through a unique chemistry, creating a strong affinity for LAM molecules. We measure the phase difference between the cavity transmission and the reference modulating signal at the cavity output. The measured phase is directly proportional to the injected LAM concentrations in aqueous solutions over the sensing head. Our demonstrated sensor provides a detection limit of 10 pg/mL and a sensitivity of 2.6$^\circ$/ng/mL. This sensor holds promise for numerous applications in the healthcare sector, particularly in low-resource settings. |
| title | Lipoarabinomannan-based Tuberculosis Diagnosis using a Fiber Cavity Ring Down Biosensor |
| topic | Medical Physics Biological Physics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.00030 |