Point of Care Nucleic Acid Testing for Highly Sensitive Genus and Species Specific Detection of Malaria

Gihoon Choi1, Theodore Prince2, Jun Miao1, Liwang Cui1, Weihua Guan1

  • 1Pennsylvania State University
  • 2Electrical Engineering Department, Pennsylvania State University

Details

12:00 - 13:45 | Mon 6 Nov | Auditorium Foyer, E1/E2, Upper Atrium Space | MLunch_Break.31

Session: Lunch, Posters and POC Technologies Demonstrations – Session I

Abstract

This paper presents a multiplexed point-of-care molecular diagnostic system (AnyMDx) to address the need for highly sensitive and specific molecular diagnosis of Plasmodium genus and two most life-threatening malaria species (P. falciparum and P. vivax) under field setting.