Toward a 3-in-1 'dipstick' test for early detection of parasitic diseases
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 05:14
in Health & Medicine
A new simple, inexpensive three-in-one test to diagnose a terrible trio of parasitic diseases that wreak havoc in the developing world is passing preliminary tests, scientists reported here today. Described during the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society the test is for Chagas' disease, leishmaniasis, and "sleeping sickness" or African trypanosomiasis.