Recent developments in nanofiber-based sensors for disease detection, immunosensing, and monitoring

•Nanofibers (NFs) have the capability of increasing the sensitivity, selectivity, and detection limit of immunosensing techniques.•Early disease detection, especially for malaria, cancer, and pathogenic bacteria, is enhanced when sensors utilizing NFs are developed.•Recent progress in NF-based sensors, with future considerations for measurable clinical outcomes, is reviewed.