Dengue immunoassay with an LSPR fiber optic sensor

Opt Express. 2013 Nov 4;21(22):27023-31. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.027023.

Abstract

Dengue fever is a viral disease that affects millions of people worldwide. Specific tests for dengue are not usually performed due to high costs, complicated procedures and, in some cases, long time to yield a result. For widespread use of specific tests to be possible, fast, reliable and fairly simple methods are needed. In this paper, we present a new dengue diagnostic method for the acute phase of the infection. The method proposed uses an all-optical fiber sensor based on Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) and specular reflection from gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). Dengue anti-NS1 antibody was immobilized on AuNPs deposited on the endface of a standard multimode fiber (62.5 µm/125 µm). The sensor is able to detect NS1 antigen at different concentrations, with limit of quantification estimated to be 0.074 μg/ml = 1.54 nM. These results indicate that the sensor could potentially be used for dengue diagnosis in the acute phase of the infection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Dengue Virus / immunology
  • Dengue Virus / isolation & purification*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
  • Immunoassay / instrumentation*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / instrumentation*
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / analysis
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / immunology

Substances

  • NS1 protein, dengue-1 virus
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins