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BIOESSAYS
卷 42, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201900138
关键词
host-parasite interaction; infectious diseases; malaria; malaria diagnosis; medical devices; Plasmodium
资金
- UN Women (MSFT Imagine cup)
- Resilient Africa Network
- ISHOW (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
- Villgro Kenya
- Aspirin Social Award (Bayer Foundation)
- E4 Impact Challenge
- Merck Accelerator
- Rolex
- Parasitology Unit of the Centre for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital (Heidelberg, Germany)
- Centre for Infectious Diseases, Parasitology at Heidelberg University Medical School (Heidelberg, Germany)
- Malaria Molecular Laboratory, Mulago National Referral Hospital (Kampala, Uganda)
Fast and effective detection of the causative agent of malaria in humans, protozoan Plasmodium parasites, is of crucial importance for increasing the effectiveness of treatment and to control a devastating disease that affects millions of people living in endemic areas. The microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained blood films still remains the gold-standard in Plasmodium detection today. However, there is a high demand for alternative diagnostic methods that are simple, fast, highly sensitive, ideally do not rely on blood-drawing and can potentially be conducted by the patients themselves. Here, the history of Plasmodium detection is discussed, and advantages and disadvantages of diagnostic methods that are currently being applied are assessed.
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