Mobile phone microscope rapidly detects parasite levels in blood

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, and the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues have developed a mobile phone microscope to measure blood levels of the parasitic filarial worm Loa loa. The point-of-care device may enable safe resumption of mass drug administration campaigns to eradicate the parasitic diseases onchocerciasis (river blindness) and lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis).

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-05/nioa-mpm050415.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 6, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news