A
system and associated method for capturing and detecting a target
analyte in a sample comprising an
aerosol include a capture device, to capture a sample comprising an
aerosol including a target
analyte. The capture device includes an input to receive the sample, an output to release the sample for capturing, and a channel to flow the sample from the input toward the output. The channel is configured to accelerate the flowing sample to allow capturing of particles from the flowing sample, to thereby generate a captured sample including the target
analyte. A sensor device is coupled to the capture device to receive at least a portion of the captured sample including the target analyte, to detect the target analyte in the captured sample based on an impedance measurement. The capture device can include a
nozzle and an
impact plate coupled with the
nozzle and the sensor device.