Over the last couple of decades, rapid diagnostic tests have emerged as a vital tool in the fight to control malaria. The relatively inexpensive test strips, which work in just minutes, have diagnosed ...

Rice University researchers have developed a rapid, accurate test for diagnosing malaria that is significantly faster and easier to use than traditional tests. The advancement has the potential to ...

Amplino may be the ultimate garage project. Three DIY bio-hackers have created a mobile malaria testing kit they claim can identify different strains of malaria with higher accuracy, and at lower ...

Rapid tests, which are easy to deploy and require minimal equipment, provide an important diagnostic tool in the ongoing effort against malaria, which affects more than 250 million people around the ...

A multicentre study conducted by researchers from West Africa and the UK evaluated a portable molecular malaria test that can detect asymptomatic and submicroscopic infections in under 45 minutes, ...

Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria have transformed the approach to febrile illness by enabling prompt, point-of-care detection of Plasmodium antigens without the need for microscopy. These ...

A novel testing platform under development by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) and CytoAstra, LLC could provide a new noninvasive test for malaria that doesn't require a blood ...

Rice University researchers have developed a rapid, accurate test for diagnosing malaria that is significantly faster and easier to use than traditional tests. The advancement has the potential to ...

Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are indispensable tools for the timely detection of Plasmodium falciparum infections in resource-limited settings. Most RDTs rely on the detection of parasite ...

Since 2010, a biological drama has been playing out in the bloodstreams of humans from Peru to Ethiopia. Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes the most common form of malaria, has managed to ...

Newborn malaria care advances as World Health Organization approves infant-specific treatment and new tests to tackle missed ...

Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) has engaged in rapid marketing of its new malaria testing kit as the agency seeks approval from the World Health Organisation (WHO). Dr Sophie Uyoga, a ...