Since its discovery, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has created a global pandemic of COVID-19. 1
As of August 2, 2021, more than 198 million infections were reported worldwide. 2 Typical
symptoms include fatigue, fever, cough, and anosmia or dysgeusia. Outbreak management
has been hindered by high transmission rates and limitations in testing capacity. Effective
public health tools are needed for rapid and early detection. The current diagnostic standard
is quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), but its cost and long …