On August 20, 1897, Sir Ronald Ross found the #malaria parasite in the stomach of a female #Anopheles#mosquito, providing the first evidence that mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans.
To commemorate this moment in history, World Mosquito Day (WMD) was founded. Each year, WMD presents us with an opportunity to raise awareness of the dangers posed by mosquito-borne diseases and the ongoing efforts to combat the world’s deadliest creature.
BIOPIX-T has developed the #PEBBLE#qcLAMP Platform, a revolutionary, small-size, and lightweight point of care #diagnostic system that allows the #molecular rapid detection of malaria.
The system performs a real-time quantitative colorimetric #LAMP (qcLAMP), produces results in less than 30 minutes, and is already on the market with COV19 and Flu A qcLAMP kits.
Compatible sample matrixes are whole blood samples (WBS) and dried blood spots (DBS), without the need for DNA/RNA extraction or external lysis used for the detection of #Plasmodium for the Malaria #qcLAMP kit.
Such an assay will serve the goals of #WHO Global Technical Strategy for #Malaria which are a 90% global reduction of malaria cases by the year 2030, #elimination of malaria from 35 countries where malaria spread during 2015 and maintain the non-existence of malaria in malaria-free areas.