Bloodless malaria test device could help identify disease much easier- Inventors


Inventors of a bloodless malaria test say their device could help identify cases of the disease much easier.

The easier device which tests for Malaria without drawing blood is clipped onto a patient's finger and does not require a specialist to operate. 

Its red beam can detect changes in the colour, shape and concentration of red blood cells - all of which are affected by malaria. 

This was made known to the BBC by Shafik Sekitto, from the Ugandan, the team behind the invention,  which has just won a prestigious prize.

Nearly five hundred thousand people die from malaria every year, the vast majority in sub-Saharan Africa.  




SOURCE: BBC News
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