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Listening for viral infection

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Biosensors based on a quartz crystal microbalance show promise for sensitive and rapid viral detection.

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Figure 1: Listening to virus detachment by rupture event scanning. Virions are captured by specific antibodies immobilized onto the surface of a quartz crystal.

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    Erica Ollmann Saphire & Paul W.H.I. Parren

  2. Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, 92037, CA

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