US EditionPhone-based rapid test flags severe imported malaria cases in under 6 minutes
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Phone-based rapid test flags severe imported malaria cases in under 6 minutes
Malaria remains the most deadly parasitic disease in the world. Although it is not endemic to countries such as Spain, imported cases are diagnosed each year in people returning from areas where the infection is common. These patients can rapidly progress to severe forms of the disease, but detecting which patients are at higher risk is not always easy, especially in settings where clinical experience is limited and initial symptoms are non-spec…
These malaria patients can quickly evolve into severe forms of the disease, but detecting in time which cases present the greatest risk is not always easy, especially in environments where clinical experience is limited and initial symptoms are not specific. A recent study led by a research team from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) and the Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona (ISGlobal) provides a new tool to meet this challenge: a syst…
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