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Development of a film-based immunochromatographic microfluidic device for malaria diagnosis

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In this study, a novel film-based immunochromatographic microfluidic device (IMD) has been developed for malaria diagnosis. A microfluidic channel was patterned on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) double-sided adhesive film using a plotting cutter and was assembled with a polycarbonate (PC) film. The PC film used for the probe immobilization layer was activated using oxygen plasma treatment to modify the film surface with avidin-biotin linker to immobilize a capture antibody. A fluorescent labeled Pan type mAb conjugate was prepared for signal indicator after undergoing a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Target antigens include Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) LDH which were injected into the sample inlet. Target antigens combined with the conjugate and then flowed to the detection chamber where two test dots and a control dot (Ctrl) exist. In the presence of P. falciparum LDH, three detection dots including test dot 1 (T1), test dot 2 (T2) and Ctrl revealed fluorescence signals where P. falciparum mAb, Pan type pLDH mAb and goat anti-mouse IgG were immobilized, respectively. When P. vivax LDH was present, T2 and Ctrl dots showed fluorescence signals while no signal was detected with the negative control. P. falciparum LDH and P. vivax LDH were successfully detected on the IMD with a detection limit of 50 ng/mL and 100 ng/mL, respectively. The IMD provides a point-of-care diagnosis platform which is able to analyze pathogenic bacteria and viruses that can be applied in the field of clinical diagnosis and food safety testing.

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This work was supported by Priority Research Centers Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2017R1A6A1A03015562), Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) grant funded by the Korea Government (MOTIE) (P002007, The Competency Development Program for Industry Specialist), and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (NRF-2018R1C1B5085897).

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    Jihye Choi, Yong Tae Kim & Heungsop Shin

  2. Adtech. Corp, Gunpo IT valley A-3101, 17, Gosan-ro, 148 Beon-gil, Gunpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, 15850, Republic of Korea

    Jihye Choi & Sung-Jin Cho

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Choi, J., Cho, SJ., Kim, Y.T. et al. Development of a film-based immunochromatographic microfluidic device for malaria diagnosis. Biomed Microdevices 21, 86 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10544-019-0431-8

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