Biosensors for Biological Warfare Agent Detection (Review Paper)

Authors

  • Miroslav Pohanka Central Military Institute of Health, Techonín
  • Petr Skládal Masaryk University, Brno
  • Michal Kroèa Central Military Institute of Health, Techonín

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.57.1760

Keywords:

Biosensors, optical biosensors, electrochemical biosensors, piezoelectric biosensors, biological warfare agents

Abstract

Biological warfare agents (BWA) such as Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis, Yersiniapestis or butulotoxin represent one of possibilities exploitable by military or terrorists. Rapiddetection of BWA is one of the most important presumptions prerequisities for successful defenceagainst them. The detection devices–biosensors–can be divided according to theirphysicochemical transducers to electrochemical, optical, and piezoelectric groups. A comparisonof classical detection methods with biosensors is also given.

Author Biographies

Miroslav Pohanka, Central Military Institute of Health, Techonín

Centre of Biological Defence, Central Military Institute of Health, Techonín

Petr Skládal, Masaryk University, Brno

Department of Biochemistry, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Michal Kroèa, Central Military Institute of Health, Techonín

Centre of Biological Defence, Central Military Institute of Health, Techonín

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Published

2007-05-01

How to Cite

Pohanka, M., Skládal, P., & Kroèa, M. (2007). Biosensors for Biological Warfare Agent Detection (Review Paper). Defence Science Journal, 57(3), 185–193. https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.57.1760

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 3: Sensor Technology

Section

Special Issue Papers

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