Biomems For Detection and Monitoring of Tropical Diseases

Revolutionary progress in the field of biosensing, both in terms of sensing technology and fabrication of miniature devices have resulted in widespread use of biosensors for both diagnosis and monitoring of diseases. The use of rapid diagnostic kits are practical for monitoring of diseases in remote areas which do not have easy access to health care facilities. Like other tropical countries, Malaysia is exposed to food or waterborne diseases like hepatitis and typhoid. Vectorborne diseases such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever, Zika and Chikungunya are also prevalent. This talk will provide a review on current and state of the art BioMEMS sensors used for the detection and monitoring of tropical diseases. Sensors that operate using different mechanisms such as optical, electrochemical and mass-sensing will be compared and discussed. Special focus will be given to recent BioMEMS sensors that have been used for detection of dengue.