Malaria in vitro diagnostic tool

Malaria in vitro diagnostic tool

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Medical tags

Clinical need
Point-of-care diagnosis
Area
Hematology
Technology
In vitro diagnostic device
Project keywords
malaria, in vitro diagnosis

Project description

Malaria is a parasitic desease transmitted by female anopheles mosquitos (plasmodium genus). Despite its complexity, diagnosis by microscopy is currently the gold standard because it allows qualitative and quantitative analysis. Qualitative analysis is extremely accurate because it allows us to directly visualise the red blood cell with the parasite inside, if any, while quantitative analysis allows us to recognise the parasite load, which is closely correlated with the severity of the pathology. In low-resource countries, implementing microscopy is complex as it requires highly skilled personnel and complex equipment. In this context, the device originates as a sample-making device that, however, also fits well in low-resource settings.