Rapid and low-cost detection of human corona virus using MEMS ATR-FTIR spectroscopy

Yasser M. Sabry; Amr O. Ghoname; Mohamed Kelany; Moustafa Mohamed; Ahmed Mostafa; Amgad Khalifa; Sherif Okda; Mazen Erfan; Momen Anwar; Omar S. Sakr; Ahmed M. Othman; Bassam Saadany; Diaa Khalil

doi:10.1117/12.2644313

14 March 2023 Rapid and low-cost detection of human corona virus using MEMS ATR-FTIR spectroscopy

Yasser M. Sabry, Amr O. Ghoname, Mohamed Kelany, Moustafa Mohamed, Ahmed Mostafa, Amgad Khalifa, Sherif Okda, Mazen Erfan, Momen Anwar, Omar S. Sakr, Ahmed M. Othman, Bassam Saadany, Diaa Khalil

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Proceedings Volume 12358, Photonic Diagnosis, Monitoring, Prevention, and Treatment of Infections and Inflammatory Diseases 2023; 1235803 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2644313
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2023, San Francisco, California, United States

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The conventional methods used for the diagnostics of viral infection are either expensive and time-consuming or not accurate enough and dependent on consumable reagents. In the presence of pandemics, a fast and reagent-free solution is needed for mass screening. Recently, the diagnosis of viral infections using infrared spectroscopy has been reported as a fast and low-cost method. In this work a fast and low-cost solution for corona viral detection using infrared spectroscopy based on a compact micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) device and artificial intelligence (AI) suitable for mass deployment is presented. Among the different variants of the corona virus that can infect people, 229E is used in this study due to its low pathogeny. The MEMS ATR-FTIR device employs a 6 reflections ZnSe crystal interface working in the spectral range of 2200-7000 cm^-1. The virus was propagated and maintained in a medium for long enough time then cell supernatant was collected and centrifuged. The supernatant was then transferred and titrated using plaque titration assay. Positive virus samples were prepared with a concentration of 10⁵ PFU/mL. Positive and negative control samples were applied on the crystal surface, dried using a heating lamp and the spectrum was captured. Principal component analysis and logistic regression were used as simple AI techniques. A sensitivity of about 90 % and a specificity of about 80 % were obtained demonstrating the potential detection of the virus based on the MEMS FTIR device.

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Yasser M. Sabry, Amr O. Ghoname, Mohamed Kelany, Moustafa Mohamed, Ahmed Mostafa, Amgad Khalifa, Sherif Okda, Mazen Erfan, Momen Anwar, Omar S. Sakr, Ahmed M. Othman, Bassam Saadany, and Diaa Khalil "Rapid and low-cost detection of human corona virus using MEMS ATR-FTIR spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 12358, Photonic Diagnosis, Monitoring, Prevention, and Treatment of Infections and Inflammatory Diseases 2023, 1235803 (14 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2644313

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