Rapid 'dipstick' test tackles fatal sleeping sickness

(Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) Scientists have developed a quick and simple diagnosis method, similar to a dipstick pregnancy test, to fight a deadly sleeping sickness. The test to diagnose Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) just requires a pin-prick blood sample and will remove the need to take complex equipment into remote areas of sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news