Anti-tank missile detectors for combating malaria
Release date: 2014-09-25
The state's most advanced military hardware may soon be used to fight malaria, one of the world's deadliest diseases.
Researchers at Monash University and the University of Melbourne in a new test used anti-tank missile javelin detectors that are more commonly used in warfare to detect enemies in the war to quickly identify malaria parasites in the blood.
This new idea, published in Analyst, may become the new standard for malaria testing. The technique is based on the Fourier Transform Infrared (FITR) spectrum, which provides information on how the molecules vibrate.
The researchers used an imaging detector called the Focal Plane Array (FPA) to detect red blood cells infected with malaria. Originally used in the development of the Javelin anti-tank thermal seek missile, FPA can provide very detailed information in a matter of minutes. The thermal seek detector, coupled to an infrared imaging microscope, results in the detection of early malaria bacteria in a single red blood cell.
Associate Professor Wood said, “Our test detects the earliest malaria, allowing doctors to stop the disease before the disease is fatal. We believe this will be the new standard for malaria detection.†“There is a good diagnosis of malaria today. However, sensitivity It is limited, and the best method requires skilled microscopy technicians, so it is a problem in developing countries where malaria is most prevalent."
The new test has many advantages: it is highly sensitive, it is automatically diagnosed within 4 minutes, no specialists are needed, and parasites can be detected in a single blood cell.
Professor Leann Tilley of the University of Melbourne said the test could effectively screen large-scale malaria carriers without fever.
In the next phase of the study, Wood's team will test new technology at the hospital clinic with Professor Patcharee Jearanaikoon, who works at Kohn Kaen University in Thailand.
Source: Adapted from SelectScience
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