| Infectious diseases/pathogens | Features of paper-founded gadgets | Detection procedure |
| Malaria | Paper gadget combined vertical flow sample-processing steps | Visual UV/lateral flow device |
| Rotavirus A | Integrated nucleic acid test on a single paper device, including extraction, amplification, and on-site detection | Naked eye |
| Zika virus | Wax-printed paper devices utilizing isothermal amplification | Smartphone |
| Human papillomavirus | Paper device in a foldable system allowing for fully integrated operation from sample to result | Lateral flow device |
| Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | Paper devices fabricated with cellulose paper and flexible plastic plate | Electrochemistry |
| Neisseria meningitides | Versatile paper devices integrated with isothermal amplification | Visual fluorescence |
| Listeria monocytogenes | Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)-based paper devices | Visual fluorescence |
| Cochlodinium polykrikoides | Paper devices based on LAMP | Visual fluorescence |
| Staphylococcus aureus | Self-priming paper devices | Visual fluorescence |
| Vibrio parahemolyticus | Self-priming paper devices | Visual fluorescence |
| Mycobacterium smegmatis | Paper devices combined thermal lysis and isothermal amplification into a single step | Visual fluorescence |
| Bacillus subtilis | A wax-printed cellulose paper device | Colorimetry |
| Salmonella | Paper devices integrated with purification, amplification, and on-site detection | Colorimetry |
| Escherichia coli | Foldable paper devices with the ability of long-term reagents storage | Colorimetry |
| Paper devices based on isothermal amplification and on-chip detection | Visual fluorescence | |
| Paper machine integrated sample preparation and isothermal amplification with end point detection | Visual UV/camera | |
| Paper devices integrated extraction, purification, amplification and detection | Smartphone/naked eye | |
| Paper devices combined thermal lysis and isothermal amplification | Visual fluorescence | |
| Bovine infectious reproductive diseases | Multiplexed and point-of-care paper-analytical device | Visual UV/smartphone |
| Highly pathogenic strain of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (HP-PRRSV) | Paper devices fabricated with filter paper and plastic chip | Colorimetry |