Rapid test facilitates malaria diagnosis

(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Diagnosing malaria has been a very time-consuming and error-prone process up to now. Together with his Dutch colleague Jan van den Boogaart, Professor Oliver Hayden from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now developed an automated rapid blood test that provides an accurate diagnosis in almost 100 percent of cases. The researchers were presented with the European Inventor Award, which honors outstanding inventors from Europe and the rest of the world, for the development of the new method on June 15.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news